was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Born in about 1840 in New York, Lakin joined the Navy from that state.
During that month, while Narragansett was at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California, he jumped overboard and rescued two shipmates from drowning.
[1] Lakin's official Medal of Honor citation reads: Serving on board the U.S.S.
Narragansett at the Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif., November 1874, jumping overboard, Lakin displayed gallant conduct by rescuing 2 men of that ship from drowning.