Caspar Goodrich, son of Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich

Caspar F. Goodrich

Caspar Frederick Goodrich was an admiral of the United States Navy, who served in the Spanish-American War and World War I....

, was born in Italy

Italy

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. Goodrich was appointed a Midshipman

Midshipman

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 from Connecticut

Connecticut

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 on 7 September 1897. He was designated a Naval Cadet 10 June 1901 and reported to Lancaster

USS Lancaster (1858)

The first USS Lancaster was a screw sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War through the Spanish-American War....

 for duty. From 1903 to 1905 Goodrich served in Maine

USS Maine (BB-10)

USS Maine , the lead ship of her class of battleships, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 23rd state....

, Cleveland

USS Cleveland (C-19)

USS Cleveland was a United States Navy Denver-class protected cruiser.She was launched 28 September 1901 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, sponsored by Miss R...

, and Chicago. Assigned to Georgia

USS Georgia (BB-15)

USS Georgia was a United States Navy . She was the first ship to carry her name.Georgia was launched by the Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine on 11 October 1904, sponsored by Miss Stella Tate, sister of Georgia Congressman Farish Carter Tate and commissioned at Boston Navy Yard on 24 September 1906,...

 on the Atlantic Station

Atlantic Station

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 in June 1906, Goodrich was killed 15 July 1907 as the result of a turret

Turret

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 explosion.

Namesake

In 1945, the destroyer

Destroyer

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 USS Goodrich

USS Goodrich (DD-831)

USS Goodrich was a of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich , and his son, Lieutenant Caspar Goodrich ....

(DD-831) was named in honor of Admiral Goodrich and Lieutenant Goodrich.