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Charles Vernon Gridley
Captain United States Navy
Born November 24 - 1844
Appointed to the Naval Academy
from Michigan 1860 - Graduated 1863
Served with Farragut 1863-64
Commanded US Flagship Olympia
at the Battle of Manila Bay May 1 - 1898
Died at Kobe Japan
June 5 - 1898 |