Washington District of Columbia
Biographies

William Doughty
1773 - 1859
Furnished by : John Sharp

William Doughty worked for many years as naval constructor (similar to naval architect) at Washington Navy Yard. He was popular among many Washington Navy Yard mechanics and laborers and was supportive of the 1835 strike. He later came into conflict with Washington Navy Yard Commandant Isaac Hull who appealed to the Board of Naval Commissioners unsuccessfully to have Doughty removed. William Doughty, while working at Washington Navy Yard designed many naval vessels including the USS Independence and Brandywine, his career as a shipbuilder was long and very successful the 1850 census for the District of Columbia records real estate as valued a $35,000.

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