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Goodrich, Caspar Frederick, RADM USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Philadelphia, PA
Last Address Princeton, NJ
Date of Passing Dec 26, 1925
Location of Interment U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium (VLM) - Annapolis, Maryland
During the Spanish–American War in 1898, he commanded the USS St. Louis and Newark, and received the surrender of Manzanillo, Cuba, following that city's bombardment on 12 August.
In the years following, Goodrich commanded Iowa, Richmond, Minneapolis, and Puritan at sea and served as Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard (1900) and the Portsmouth Navy Yard (1903) on land before his promotion to the rank of Rear Admiral on 17 February 1904 and his appointment for 3 years as the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Squadron.
After the 1906 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 the New York Navy Yard from 1907 to 1909, he retired on 7 January 1909.
Recalled to active duty after the American entry in World War I, Admiral Goodrich served as officer-in-charge of the Pay Officers' Material School at Princeton until 8 November 1919, when he again stepped down from active duty, ending a 50-year naval career.
Other Comments:
USS Goodrich (DD/DDR-831) was a Gearing-class destroyer, named for Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich (1847–1925) and his son, Lieutenant Caspar Goodrich (died 1907).
Goodrich was launched on 25 February 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Caspar F. Goodrich, widow of Admiral Goodrich and mother of Lt. Goodrich; and commissioned on 24 April 1945.
