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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000025445-18-000128
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180806
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180808
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180808

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Curran Brendan
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001578874

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-01657
		FILM NUMBER:		181002532

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE
		CITY:			STAMFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06902

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CRANE CO /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000025445
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS [3490]
		IRS NUMBER:				131952290
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CRANE CO.
		STREET 2:		100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE
		CITY:			STAMFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06902
		BUSINESS PHONE:		203-363-7300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CRANE CO.
		STREET 2:		100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE
		CITY:			STAMFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06902
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        <issuerName>CRANE CO /DE/</issuerName>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
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            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Group President, Aerospace</officerTitle>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                    <value>401(K)</value>
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        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <value>2018-08-06</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">Mr. Curran exercised options granted to him on 1/25/2016, resulting in him acquiring 3,000 shares of common stock which he sold contemporaneously in multiple same-day transactions.  After this sale, Mr. Curran will have holdings of 11,693 shares of the issuer's common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Weighted average price at which shares were sold in multiple same-day transactions at prices ranging from $89.59 to $90.06. The reporting person undertakes to provide, upon request of the Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Between January 31, 2017 and July 31, 2018, Mr. Curran acquired an aggregate of 7 shares of common stock at prevailing market prices through the issuer's 401(K) plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">This option vested 50% on the second anniversary of the grant date (1/25/2016).  The remaining 50% will vest on the third and fourth anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Power of Attorney and Confirming Statement attached.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Attorney In Fact, Alishba Kassim</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-08-08</signatureDate>
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

    Know all by these, presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Anthony M. D'Iorio, Alishba Kassim and Richard Rosier, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Crane Co. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and  any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)    take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

    The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The undersigned hereby agrees to indemnify the attorney-in-fact and the Company from and against any demand, damage, loss, cost or expense arising from any false or misleading information provided by the undersigned to the attorney-in-fact.

    The Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments) thereto with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney supersedes any prior power of attorney in connection with the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company. This Power of Attorney shall expire as to any individual attorney-in-fact if such attorney-in-fact ceases to be an executive officer of the Company

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 30th day of July 2018.




      __________________________
                        Brendan J. Curran


















CONFIRMING STATEMENT


    The Statement confirms that the undersigned, Brendan J. Curran, has authorized and designated Anthony M. D'Iorio, Alishba Kassim and Richard Rosier, acting singly, to execute and file on behalf of the undersigned all Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) that the undersigned may be required to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a result of the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of Crane Co.  The authority of Anthony M. D'Iorio, Alishba Kassim and Richard Rosier under this Statement shall continue until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with regard to the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of Crane Co., unless earlier revoked in writing.  The undersigned acknowledges that Anthony M. D'Iorio, Alishba Kassim and Richard Rosier are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.




                        _______________________
                        Brendan J. Curran

Date:   July 30, 2018


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