Charles E. Colahan
Charles Ellwood Colahan (October 25, 1849 – March 11, 1904) was an officer of the United States Navy in the 19th century.[1]
Charles Ellwood Colahan | |
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 Charles Ellwood Colahan | |
| Born | October 25, 1849 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | March 11, 1904 (aged 54) Lambertville, New Jersey |
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| Service/ | United States Navy |
Biography
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Colahan graduated from the United States Naval Academy June 4, 1869. His long and active career included command of Indiana (BB-1) and Cleveland (C-19).
On 1 July 1900, he was promoted from the rank of vice lieutenant-commander to commander in the U.S. Navy.[2]
Illness, death and interment
Following a lengthy illness, Colahan died at his home in Lambertville, New Jersey on March 11, 1904. His funeral was held in the chapel of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis on March 14 with Chaplain Henry H. Clark, U.S.N. officiating. The full complement of officers and professors who were employed by the Naval Academy at the time attended the funeral and marched with the casket to the Navy cemetery where Colahan's remains were interred. Also accompanying the casket were the Naval Academy Band, a brigade of Naval Academy midshipmen, who were commanded by Commander W. F. Fullam, U.S.N., and a group of serving seamen. The pallbearers were: Honorary, Commander Charles J. Badger, U.S.N.; Commander William F. Halsey, U.S.N.; Lieutenant Commander W. C. P. Muir, U.S.N.; Professors Philip R. Alger and Nathaniel M. Terry, U.S.N.; and W. H. G. Bullard, U.S.N.[3]
Namesake
In 1943, the destroyer USS Colahan (DD-658) was named in his honor.
See also
- United States Naval Academy History (from the Civil War to the Spanish-American War)
References
- "Commander Charles E. Colahan," in Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Officers of the Army and Navy, p. 275. New York, New York: L.R. Hamersly, 1905.
- Charles E. Colahan, in "Officers of the Line." Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America: Fifty-Sixth Congress, Vol. 32, December 6, 1900, p. 575. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Senate and Government Printing Office, 1909.
- "Commander Charles E. Colahan" (obituary). The United Service: A Monthly Review of Naval and Military Affairs, Vol. V, Third Series, p. 516. New York, New York: L.R. Hamersly, Jr., 1904.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.