- Caspar F. Goodrich
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name = Caspar Frederick Goodrich
born =7 January 1847
died =26 January 1925
placeofbirth =Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania
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allegiance =United States of America
branch =United States Navy
serviceyears = 1864–1919
rank =Rear Admiral
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battles =Spanish-American War
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laterwork =Caspar Frederick Goodrich (
7 January 1847 –26 January 1925 ) was an admiral of theUnited States Navy , who served in theSpanish-American War andWorld War I .Goodrich was born
7 January 1847 inPhiladelphia ,Pennsylvania . He was the son of William & Sarah A. Bearden Goodrich. He applied from Connecticut and was graduated from theUnited States Naval Academy in 1864, he spent 2 years in "Colorado" and "Frolic"; 3 years in "Portsmouth" and "Lancaster"; and 3 years at the Naval Academy. Between 1874 and 1881 he had duty on board "Tennessee" and "Kearsarge" followed by a tour at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R.I. After serving as executive officer of "Lancaster",flagship for theEuropean Squadron , and Inspector of Ordnance at theWashington Navy Yard , Goodrich became Officer in Charge of the Newport Torpedo Station in 1886. From 1891 until 1896, he commanded successively "Jamestown", "Constellation", and "Concord" before he spent a year as President of theNaval War College at Newport. Originating theCoast Signal Service in 1898, he then served as Director.During the
Spanish-American War in 1898, he commanded "St. Louis" and "Newark", and received the surrender ofManzanillo ,Cuba , following that city's bombardment12 August . In the years following, Goodrich commanded "Iowa", "Richmond", "Minneapolis", and "Puritan" at sea and served as Commandant of thePhiladelphia Navy Yard (1900) and thePortsmouth Navy Yard (1903) on land before his promotion to the rank of Rear Admiral17 February 1904 and his appointment for 3 years as the Commander-in-Chief of thePacific Squadron . After the1906 San Francisco earthquake he went with his fleet to San Francisco to help extinguish the fire, especially by spraying water on the flames from ships anchored in the port. After duty as commandant of theNew York Navy Yard 1907 to 1909, he retired7 January 1909 .Recalled to active duty in
World War I , Admiral Goodrich served as officer-in-charge of the Pay Officers' Material School at Princeton until8 November 1919 when he again stepped down from active duty, ending a 50-year naval career. In 1873 he married Eleanor Milnor. They had a large house inPomfret, CT called "Gladwyn". He died in Princeton26 January 1925 .In 1945, the
destroyer USS "Goodrich" (DD-831) was named in honor of R.Adm. Goodrich and his son Lt.Caspar Goodrich .Published Works
* "Torpedoes--their disposition and radius of destructive effect" [Washington, D.C., 1882]
* "Report of the British naval and military operations in Egypt, 1882." By Lieutenant-Commander Caspar F. Goodrich. Washington, Gov’t print. off., 1883, 1885.
* "In memoriam, Stephen Bleecker Luce : Rear Admiral, United States Navy, born 1827, died 1917, a tribute". New York City : The Naval History Society, 1919
* "Rope yarns from the old navy" New York, The Naval History Society, 1931.ee also
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