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John Lenthall (shipbuilder)
John Lenthall (1807–1882) was an important American shipbuilder and naval architect. He was responsible for the construction and repair of United States Navy ships during the American Civil War (1861–1865), as well as in the years immediately before and after it. His career spanned the U.S. Navys transition from sail to steam propulsion and from wooden ships to ironclads, and in retirement he participated in early planning for an eventual steel navy.
==Early life==
John Lenthall was born in Washington, D.C., on 16 September 1807,〔Tucker, p. 348.〕 the son of John Lenthall (1762–1808)〔(The GW and Foggy Bottom Historial Encyclopedia: "Hamburg: The Colonial Town That Became the Seat of George Washington University" by Jesse Fant Evans, A.B., Ed.D, 1935. )〕 and Mary King Lenthall (1780–1852).〔(findagrave.com John Lenthall )〕 His British-born father was an architect who had emigrated to the United States in 1793 and from 1803 worked as Clerk of the Works and Principal Surveyor at the United States Capitol Building in Washington under Architect of the Capitol Benjamin Henry Latrobe, serving as the buildings construction superintendent.〔〔 The senior John Lenthall died in a construction accident〔 in the buildings north wing in September 1808〔(Architect's Virtual Capitol 1808 – Lenthall Killed in Ceiling Collapse )〕 when he prematurely removed props holding up the vaulted ceiling in what is now known as the Old Supreme Court Chamber and was crushed to death when the ceiling collapsed.〔(The Old Supreme Court Chamber 1810–1860. )〕
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