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Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich, USN (1847-1925)
Caspar Frederick Goodrich was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
on 7 January 1847. He was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy
from the State of Connecticut in December 1861, graduating first
in his class in November 1864. For the remainder of the Civil
War, and a few months after the conflict's end, he was assigned
to the New York Navy Yard. From mid-1865 until 1868, while holding
the ranks of Midshipman, Ensign, Master and Lieutenant, he served
with the European Squadron on board the steam frigate Colorado
and dispatch steamer Frolic.
Promoted to Lieutenant Commander in 1869, during the next decade
and a half Goodrich served afloat on board the sailing sloop Portsmouth
in the South Atlantic, steam frigate Tennessee and steam
sloop Kearsarge
in the Far East, and was Executive Officer of the steam sloop
Lancaster in European waters. While in the latter, he took
part in the 1882 bombardment of Alexandria, Egypt. Ashore, he
taught physics and chemistry at the Naval Academy and was assigned
to the Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island. In 1884 he attained
the rank of Commander and during the following thirteen years
had several ordnance-related posts, among them as a member of
the Endicott fortifications board and as Officer in Charge of
the Newport Torpedo Station. He was twice President of the Naval
War College, and, during sea duty, commanded the sail training
ships Jamestown and Constellation and the gunboat
Concord.
In 1897, while on his second tour as War College President,
Goodrich was promoted to Captain. He was Commanding Officer of
the converted cruiser St.
Louis during the Spanish-America
War, and of the cruiser Newark
after that conflict ended in August 1898. In 1899-1900 Captain
Goodrich commanded the battleship Iowa
in the Pacific, then returned to the Naval War College for a year
as a lecturer. Between mid-1901 and mid-1904 he was stationed
at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, serving as Captain of the Yard
and Commanding Officer of the local receiving ships.
In 1904-1906, following promotion to Rear Admiral, Goodrich
commanded the Pacific Fleet. He was Commandant of the New York
Navy Yard in 1907-1909. Rear Admiral Goodrich retired in January
1909, but returned to duty during and for a year after World War
I, serving as Officer in Charge of the Pay Officers' Material
School. He was a prolific writer on professional topics and also
helped establish the Naval War College and the U.S. Naval Institute,
of which he was President in 1904-1909. Rear Admiral Caspar F.
Goodrich died at Princeton, New Jersey, on 26 December 1925.
USS Goodrich
(DD/DDR-831), 1945-1977, was named in honor of Rear Admiral
Goodrich, and of his son, Lieutenant Caspar F. Goodrich (1881-1907),
who lost his life in a gun turret explosion on board USS Georgia on 15 July
1907.
This page features all the views we have concerning Rear
Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich.
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a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 49352
Commander Caspar F. Goodrich, USN
Photograph in civilian clothing, probably taken circa 1886-1889,
when he was in charge of the Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode
Island.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 49354
Commander Caspar F. Goodrich, USN
Fine screen halftone reproduction of a photograph copyrighted
in 1898 by Frank H. Child, Newport, Rhode Island. Goodrich was
President of the Naval War College, at Newport, in 1889-1892
and 1896-1898. He was promoted to the rank of Captain in September
1897 and, during the Spanish-American War, was Commanding Officer
of USS St. Louis.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 78452
Captain Caspar Frederick Goodrich, USN
Coarse screen halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa
1898-1902.
Copied from "Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy
and Marine Corps", Seventh Edition, 1902.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 49353
Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich, USN
Portrait photograph by Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C., taken
circa 1904-1909.
He has inscribed this print to C.J. Petherick, Esq.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 102928
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt (front,
center)
At the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1897,
with the college's faculty and class members.
To the right of the Assistant Secretary is Commander Caspar F.
Goodrich, USN, War College President. The officer to Roosevelt's
left is probably Commodore Rush R. Wallace, Commandant, Newport
Naval Station.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Rear
Admiral Henry Williams, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 80781
Captain Caspar F. Goodrich, USN,
Commanding Officer, USS Newark (Cruiser # 1)
On the quarterdeck of USS Glacier, in his working clothing,
after a day of salvage operations on the wreck of the Spanish
cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa, 14 September 1898.
Copied from the scrapbook of William D. Edwards, by courtesy
of Robert W. Edwards, 1974.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 80785
Infanta Maria Teresa
(Spanish Cruiser, 1890-1898)
Assistant Constructor Richmond P. Hobson (in pith helmet) and
Captain Caspar F. Goodrich (Commanding Officer, USS Newark)
on the deck of the wrecked Spanish cruiser, while she was being
salvaged, 14 September 1898. The tug I.J. Merritt is alongside.
One of Infanta Maria Teresa's eleven-inch guns is also
visible.
Copied from the scrapbook of William D. Edwards, by courtesy
of Robert W. Edwards, 1974.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 80786
Infanta Maria Teresa
(Spanish Cruiser, 1890-1898)
Assistant Constructor Richmond P. Hobson (in pith helmet) and
Captain Caspar F. Goodrich (Commanding Officer, USS Newark)
discussing salvage work on the deck of the wrecked Spanish cruiser,
15 September 1898.
The fighting top of one of Infanta Maria Teresa's collapsed
masts is lying on deck in the background.
Copied from the scrapbook of William D. Edwards, by courtesy
of Robert W. Edwards, 1974.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 102768-KN (color)
Dedication of the USS Bennington Monument, Point
Loma, San Diego, California, 7 January 1908
Fine-screen halftone reproduction of a photograph by S. Sutcliffe,
of San Diego, published on a postal card, with a tribute taken
from an address made at the ceremony by Rear Admiral Caspar F.
Goodrich. The view looks southwards, with North Island in the
middle distance.
The monument was erected in memory of the Navy personnel who
lost their lives in the boiler explosion on board USS Bennington
(Gunboat # 4) at San Diego on 21 July 1905.
The ends of the original postal card had been trimmed off.
Donation of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Minor corrections made 24 November 2005