Edward L. Cochrane
| Edward Lull Cochrane | |
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| Born |
March 18, 1892 Mare Island, California |
| Died | November 14, 1959 (aged 67) New Haven, Connecticut |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1910–1947 |
| Rank |
 Vice Admiral
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| Commands held | Chief of the Bureau of Ships |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Awards |
Distinguished Service Medal Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (honorary) |
| Relations | Henry Clay Cochrane (father) |
| Other work | Dean of MIT School of Engineering |
Vice Admiral Edward Lull "Ned" Cochrane (March 18, 1892 – November 14, 1959) was a United States Navy officer and naval architect who served as Chief of the Bureau of Ships during World War II. In this capacity, he was directly responsible for the Navy's massive shipbuilding and maintenance program from November 1942 until November 1946.
The son of retired Marine Brigadier General Henry Clay Cochrane (1842–1913), Edward Lull Cochrane was born at Mare Island, California in 1892. He entered the United States Naval Academy in 1910 and was commissioned as a Navy ensign upon graduation in 1914. During World War I, he served at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and transferred to the Navy's Construction Corps. He graduated in 1920 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), with a Master of Science degree in Naval Architecture.
Between the World Wars, Cochrane served in various positions related to shipbuilding, including in the Navy's Bureau of Construction and Repair, predecessor to the Bureau of Ships.
He assumed the post of Chief, BuShips in November 1942, succeeding Rear Admiral Alexander H. Van Keuren. From January 1941 until assuming command of the bureau, Cochrane served as the Assistant Head of the Design Division.
Cochrane retired from the Navy in 1947, while serving as a member of the President's Advisory Committee on the Merchant Marine. He then joined the faculty of MIT, serving from 1947-1950 as head of the Department of Ocean Engineering (originally known as the Department of Naval Architecture), and from 1952-1954 as head of the School of Engineering.
Vice Admiral Cochrane died in New Haven, Connecticut, on November 14, 1959, at the age of 67.
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