Editing Stephen Luce (section)

=== American Civil War ===
Luce served with the [[Atlantic Ocean]] / [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] blockade squadron during the [[American Civil War]] (1861-1865), and commanded the [[ironclad]] monitor {{USS|Nantucket|1862|2}} at the siege of [[Charleston, South Carolina]]. He was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1862. He was assigned to the U.S. Naval Academy, which was moved to [[Newport, Rhode Island]], from January 1862 to October 1863. In 1862, while serving as head of the Department of Seamanship, he prepared one of the first [[seamanship]] textbooks. During the war, he also commanded the naval vessels [[USS Sonoma (1862)|USS ''Sonoma'']], [[USS Canandaigua (1862)|USS ''Canadaigua'']], and [[USS Pontiac (1864)|USS ''Pontiac'']].<ref name="DANFS">{{cite DANFS |title=Luce |url= https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/library/research-guides/z-files/zb-files/zb-files-l/luce-stephen-b.html |accessdate=6 June 2024}}</ref>

He was promoted to full [[commander (United States)|commander]] in 1866.