Well, I was wondering about Sigsbee's desk and bathtub as well as other objects.
From Wikipedia.
(1845-1923) Noted pioneering oceanographer.
He was captain of the USS Maine when it exploded.
Appointed acting midshipman 16 July 1862 from the USNA. During the Civil War, he served aboard the USS Monongahela, USS Wyoming and USS Shenandoah (not the Confederate cruiser of the same name). He was at the Battle of Mobile Bay and both battles of Fort Fisher.
He commanded the USS Kearsarge (which sank the famed CSS Alabama) and was on the European Station 1885-1886.
Sigsbee and his officers were exonerated by the court of inquiry after the Maine sank and later commanded the USS St. Paul in 1898 at the second battle of San Juan and the Texas in 1900.
In 1905, he commanded the USS Brooklyn when it brought home the remains of naval hero and Father of the U.S. Navy John Paul Jones from France for internment at the USNA.
Retired from the Navy in 1909 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
--DaCoot
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