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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: June 13, 2013
Caption: Charles Vernon Gridley
Additional Description: This plaque honoring Charles Vernon Gridley hangs in Bancoft Hall at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

Charles Vernon Gridley
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Captain United States Navy
Born November 24 - 1844
Appointed to the Naval Academy
From Michigan 1860 Graduated 1863
Served with Farragut 1863 - 64
Commanded the U.S. Flagship Olympia
at the Battle of Manila Bay May 1 - 1898
Died at Kobe Japan
June 5 - 1898
Submitted: December 29, 2016, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p372812
File Size: 3.226 Megabytes

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