Template:Did you know nominations/Charles Boarman

Charles Boarman
Created/expanded by 72.74.209.17 (talk). Nominated by Mohamed CJ (talk) at 03:55, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * ... that Rear Admiral Charles Boarman (pictured) was the longest serving officer in the U.S. Navy at the time of his death?


 * ALT1 ... that Rear Admiral Charles Boarman was one of the first Catholics to become a high-ranking officer in the U.S. Navy?
 * ALT2 ... that Rear Admiral Charles Boarman once took temporary command of the USS Vandalia while its captain left to testify in the court martial of a fellow officer, Captain Beekman V. Hoffman of the USS Boston?
 * ALT3 ... that Rear Admiral Charles Boarman was a member of the U.S. Naval Board in Washington during the American Civil War while two of his sons-in-law served in the Confederate Army?
 * ALT4 ... that the Boarman family home, purchased by U.S. naval officer Charles Boarman in 1832, is a state historical landmark in West Virginia? Yngvadottir (talk) 21:11, 27 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Hooks are short enough and interesting. ALT3 is most interesting, I think, and all are cited. AGF on offline sources.
 * Article is new enough and long enough, AGF on offline sources. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:31, 7 September 2012 (UTC)