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((short description|American yacht designer))
((Infobox person
| name              = Bowdoin B. Crowninshield
| image             = File:Bowdoin B Crowninshield.jpg
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| caption           = Bowdoin B. Crowninshield
| birth_name        = Bowdoin Bradlee Crowninshield
| birth_date        = ((birth date|1867|10|13))
| birth_place       = [[New York City]], U.S.
| death_date        = ((death date and age|1948|08|12|1867|10|13))
| death_place       = [[Marblehead, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| alma_mater        = [[Harvard University]] (1890)
| occupation        = Naval architect
| parents           = [[Benjamin W. Crowninshield]]<br />Katherine May Bradlee
| spouse            = ((plainlist|
* ((marriage|Priscilla Janet McPhail|May 12, 1900|October 8, 1915|reason=died))
* ((marriage|Laura A. Wildar|1916))
))
| children          = 1
| relations         = [[Louise E. du Pont Crowninshield|Louise du Pont]] (sister-in-law)
))
'''Bowdoin Bradlee Crowninshield''' (October 13, 1867 – August 12, 1948) was an American naval architect who specialized in the design of racing yachts.<ref name="phillipslibrary">((cite web|title=Bowdoin B. Crowninshield (1867-1948) Papers|url=http://phillipslibrarycollections.pem.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15928coll1/id/2294|website=phillipslibrarycollections.pem.org|publisher=[[Phillips Library (Salem, Massachusetts)|Phillips Library Manuscript Finding Aids]]|accessdate=13 September 2017))</ref>

==Early life==
Crowninshield was born on October 13, 1867, in [[New York City]].  He grew up in [[Marblehead, Massachusetts]], in the wealthy [[Crowninshield family]] with long-standing ties to the sea. The family estate, [[Crowninshield House]], was built by his father in 1870.  His father was [[Benjamin W. Crowninshield|Benjamin Williams Crowninshield]] (1837–1892) and his mother was Katherine May Bradlee (1844–1902). His younger brother [[Francis Boardman Crowninshield]] (1869–1950), married heiress [[Louise E. du Pont Crowninshield|Louise Evelina du Pont]] (1877–1958).<ref>((cite web |title= Louise du Pont Crowninshield papers |publisher= The Winterthur museum |url= http://findingaid.winterthur.org/html/HTML_Finding_Aids/ARC21.htm |accessdate= October 28, 2010 ))</ref>

Through his paternal grandmother Sarah Gool Putnam (1810–1880), he was a distant cousin of architect [[J. Pickering Putnam]] (1847–1917).<ref name="danvers">((cite book |author=Danvers Historical Society |title=Historical collections of the Danvers Historical Society |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zW4WAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA42 |year=1922 |publisher=Danvers Historical Society |page=42))</ref>   His great-grandfather [[Benjamin Williams Crowninshield]] (1772–1851) had served as [[Secretary of the Navy]], and his great-granduncle George Crowninshield Jr. (1766–1817) built the first luxury yacht in the United States, ''[[Cleopatra's Barge]]'' in 1816.  His first cousin once removed was [[Frederick Bradlee|Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr.]] (1892–1970) whose son was journalist [[Benjamin C. Bradlee|Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee]] (1921-2014). Because of his many relations, he was known as "B.B." Crowninshield.

He attended Prince School in Boston and graduated from [[St. Paul's School (New Hampshire)|St. Paul's School]] in [[Concord, New Hampshire]]. He attended [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1885, but transferred to [[Harvard University]], where he graduated in 1890.<ref name="BBCObit1948"/>

==Career==
[[File:Sloop Independence.jpg|thumb|upright|Sloop ''Independence'', 1901]]
After graduating from [[Harvard]], he speculated in real estate before signing on as a draftsman with John R. Purdon, a respected yacht designer in Boston with several [[knockabout (boat)|knockabout]] designs to his credit.  Crowninshield struck out on his own 18 months later, starting a yacht design and brokerage firm which quickly prospered. He would rise to become one of America's most respected yacht designers during a period which is now regarded as the golden age of American wooden yacht design.

He designed the schooner [[Adventuress (schooner)|''Adventuress'']], which was launched in 1913 and has been named a [[National Historic Landmark]].<ref>((cite web |title= Adventuress nomination form |author= James P. Deleado |work= National Register of Historic Places |date= July 9, 1988 |publisher= U.S. National Park Service |url=((NHLS url|id=89001067)) |accessdate= October 28, 2010 ))</ref> 
Crowninshield is now best remembered for his working schooners and his [[America's Cup]] contender ''Independence'' (George Lawley & Son shipyard, 1901) for [[Thomas W. Lawson (businessman)|Thomas W. Lawson]].  He was also responsible for designing the iconic Dark Harbor 12 1/2 and [[Dark Harbor 17 1/2|17 1/2]] sloops.<ref>((cite book |author=Maynard Bray |editor=Peter H. Spectre |title=100 Boat Designs Reviewed: Design Commentaries by the Experts |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TmoV9c1oWsAC&pg=PA52 |date=January 1, 1997 |publisher=WoodenBoat Books |isbn=978-0-937822-44-9 |pages=52–55 |chapter=Three Knockabouts))</ref> He served as president and general manager of Crowninshield Shipbuilding Company of Fall River, Massachusetts from 1917 to 1926.<ref>((Cite web|first=Gary |last=Yyves |authorlink=   |title=  CROWNINSHIELD, B. B. (1867–1948) USA |website=america-scoop.com|date= |url= http://www.america-scoop.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=889:crowninshield-bowdoin-bradlee-1867-1948-usa&catid=219&Itemid=399&lang=en |accessdate=September 19, 2020))</ref><ref>((Cite web|first=Tim |last=Colton |authorlink=   |title=Crowninshield Shipbuilding, Somerset MA |website=shipbuildinghistory.com |date=January 24, 2015|url=http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencysmall/crowninshield.htm |accessdate=))</ref> The shipyard built the "[[Six-Bitter]]s" ''CG-130'' through ''CG-139'' for the [[United States Coast Guard]] (''CG-133'' would later serve as [[USS YP-45|USS ''YP-45'']] during [[World War II]]).<ref name=Flynn>((Cite book|first=James T.  |last=Flynn, Jr.  |authorlink=   |title= Vessels of less than 100-feet in Length   |publisher=U.S. Coast Guard Small Cutters and Patrol Boats 1915 - 2012|date=June 23, 2014 |url=https://media.defense.gov/2018/Apr/11/2001901931/-1/-1/0/FLYNN_SMALL_CUTTERS_WPBS-2014.PDF  |accessdate=))</ref><ref name=Colton2>((Cite web|first=Tim |last=Colton |authorlink=   |title=Patrol and Training Craft (YP) |website=shipbuildinghistory.com |date=March 28, 2017|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/yp.htm |accessdate=))</ref>

He designed the unique seven masted schooner ''[[Thomas W. Lawson (ship)|Thomas W. Lawson]]'', named for his patron.<ref name="BBCObit1948"/>

==Personal life==
He married Priscilla Janet McPhail (1869–1915) on May 12, 1900.<ref name="1901Wedding">((cite news|title=B.B. CROWNINSHIELD MARRIED.; Boston Yacht Designer Secretly Wedded Much to the Surprise of Friends|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1901/05/14/archives/bb-crowninshield-married-boston-yacht-designer-secretly-wedded-much.html|accessdate=13 September 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=14 May 1901))</ref>  In 1902, he was fined and was sued for $10,000 for assaulting Adolphus G. McVey,<ref name="1902Assault">((cite news|title=YACHTSMEN IN A FIGHT; Designer Crowninshield Attacks a Newspaper Critic. Adolphus McVey of Boston the Victim -- Crowningshield to Appear in Court on Charge of Assault.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1902/07/24/archives/yachtsmen-in-a-fight-designer-crowninshield-attacks-a-newspaper.html|accessdate=13 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=24 July 1902))</ref> the yachting editor of the ''[[Boston Herald]]'', for a remark about his wife.<ref>((cite news |title= B.B. Crowninshield Sued; $10,000 Attachment Filed Against Him in an Action for Damages |newspaper=The New York Times |date= August 7, 1902 |url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/08/07/101278763.pdf |accessdate= October 28, 2010 ))</ref><ref name="1902Interview">((cite news|title=CROWNINSHIELD TALKS.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1902/07/26/archives/crowninshield-talks.html|accessdate=13 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=26 July 1902))</ref>  After nine years, he was ordered to pay $448.<ref>((cite news |title= Yacht Designer Was Sued by Yachting Writer for Assault Made in 1902 |newspaper=The New York Times |date= August 7, 1902 |url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/01/13/104854435.pdf |accessdate= October 28, 2010 ))</ref><ref name="$4481911">((cite news|title=CROWNINSHIELD TO PAY $448.; Yacht Designer Was Sued by Yachting Writer for Assault Made in 1902.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1911/01/13/archives/crowninshield-to-pay-448-yacht-designer-was-sued-by-yachting-writer.html|accessdate=13 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=January 13, 1911))</ref>  His wife was found dead in a bathtub of a Boston hotel on October 8, 1915. She was checked in as "Mrs. Bowdoin", but the death was ruled accidental.<ref name="Drowning1915">((cite news|title=YACHTSMAN'S WIFE DROWNS IN BATHTUB; Mrs. B.B. Crowninshield Found Dead in Boston Hotel ;- Registered Under Assumed Name. WAS SOUGHT BY HUSBAND Left Home Thursday to Do Shopping, but Never Returned ;- Her Death Probably Accidental.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1915/10/09/archives/yachtsmans-wife-drowns-in-bathtub-mrs-bb-crowninshield-found-dead.html|accessdate=13 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=9 October 1915))</ref> Together, they were the parents of:

* William Widlar Crowninshield (1909–1987),<ref name="BBCObit1948"/> who married Muriel Adese Longton (1915–2002).<ref name="MCObit2002">((cite news|title=Muriel Crowninshield|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=muriel-crowninshield&pid=363573|accessdate=13 September 2017|work=[[Boston Globe]]|date=2002))</ref>

In 1916, he married Laura A. Wildar (1877–1952), daughter of Leonard John Wildar.  Laura had previously been married to Charles T. Long, whom she divorced in August 1915.<ref name="1916Wedding">((cite news |title= Naval Architect to Wed:B. B. Crowninshield and Laura A. Wildar, Divorcee, Get a License |newspaper=The New York Times |date= October 12, 1916 |url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/10/12/100339836.pdf |accessdate= October 28, 2010 ))</ref>

Crowninshield died August 12, 1948, in Marblehead.<ref name="BBCObit1948">((cite news |title= B. Crowninshield, Ship Designer, Dies; Former Head of Firm Planned 7-Masted Schooner |newspaper=The New York Times |date= August 13, 1948 |url= http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0711F83458157A93C1A81783D85F4C8485F9&scp=2&sq=bowdoin+crowninshield&st=p |accessdate= October 28, 2010 ))</ref>

==Existing examples of Crowninshield boat designs==
*[[Adventuress (schooner)|Schooner ''Adventuress'']]
*Yacht ''Witchcraft'', still sailing on Chesapeake Bay.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.theyachtwitchcraft.com/ |title=Home |website=theyachtwitchcraft.com))</ref>
*Schooner ''Martha''

==References==
((Reflist|30em))

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150722195723/http://www.theyachtwitchcraft.com/crowninshield.html Yacht ''Witchcraft'']

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