Charles G. Ridgeley
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Charles Goodwin Ridgeley (1784 – 8 February 1848) was an officer in the United States Navy
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Ridgeley was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He served with Edward Preble
during the First Barbary War
. He was promoted to captain on 28 February 1815 and placed in command of Erie
. He commanded the Brazil Station from 1840 to 1842.
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
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Ridgeley was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He served with Edward Preble
Edward Preble
Edward Preble was a United States naval officer.-Early life and Revolutionary War:Preble was born at Falmouth, Eastern Massachusetts, now Portland, Maine, 15 August 1761, the son of Gen. Jedidiah Preble. As a boy, his home was destroyed in the burning of Falmouth by British Naval Commander Henry...
during the First Barbary War
First Barbary War
The First Barbary War , also known as the Barbary Coast War or the Tripolitan War, was the first of two wars fought between the United States and the North African Berber Muslim states known collectively as the Barbary States...
. He was promoted to captain on 28 February 1815 and placed in command of Erie
USS Erie (1813)
The first USS Erie was a three-masted, wooden-hulled sloop-of-war of the United States Navy in the early 19th century.Erie was launched 3 November 1813 by Thomas Kemp, Baltimore, Maryland; and first put to sea 20 March 1814, Commander Charles G...
. He commanded the Brazil Station from 1840 to 1842.