User:Wundermac/John Lenthall (shipbuilder)

John Lenthall (1807-1882) was a shipbuilder and naval architect who was responsible for .... He was born in Washington DC in 1807, the son of John Lenthall the superintendent of shipwrights at the Washington Navy Yard [ reference here]Page text.

Early Career
Lenthall began working as an assistant to Samuel Humphreys at the Philadephia Navy Yard around 1827. Lenthall was commissioned Constructor at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1838.

Ships Designed/built