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| | The Wainwright Family |
 | | Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright, the son of Comdr Richard Wainwright, was commissioned in the US Navy on 28 September 1864, Wainwright was Executive Officer of the battleship Maine when she blew up in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, on 15 February 1898. |
 | | Wainwright, the son of Admiral Wainwright, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1903, he served on board battleship Louisiana during the ships participation in the voyage of the Great White Fleet around the world from 1907 to 1909. |
 | | Wainwright was awarded the Medal of Honor for his outstanding conduct in battle while commanding a landing force from battleship Florida at Vera Cruz, Mexico, on 21 and 22 April 1914. |
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