Charles Stockton
Stockton served on the North Pacific Station, 1865–69, then in the sloop Brooklyn, flagship of the European Squadron, 1870–73.In 1890–91, he commanded the steam whaler Thetis, the first vessel to follow the entire coastline of Alaska, and published an article (1890) on this cruise in the new National Geographic Magazine as well as technical papers on Bering Strait ice conditions, before cruising off El Salvador and Guatemala during the 1890 war.In 1891, he became President of the Naval War College and supervised construction of its first purpose-built building, Luce Hall.After commanding the gunboat Yorktown on the Asiatic Station, 1895–97, he returned to become president, Naval War College, 1898–1900.On stepping down from that post, Stockton continued as lecturer in International Law at The George Washington University until 1921.