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Photo # NH 49353:  Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich, circa 1904-1909

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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.

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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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Page made 31 August 2005
Minor corrections made 24 November 2005