serviceyears laterwork branch commands death_date death_place birth_place placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
1867 -- 1908 board on geographic names 25px united states navy usc carlile p. patterson 6 naval hydrographic office dolphin pg-24 6 & office of naval intelligence bancroft 1892 6 wisconsin bb-9 6 gs '' palinurus '' usc & gs 14 october 1919 wyoming hagerstown , maryland place of burial spanish -- american war 11 july 1846 arlington national cemetery rear admiral rclover.jpg richardson clover
 richardson clover
richardson clover

rear admiral richardson clover -lrb- july 11 , 1846 -- october 14 , 1919 -rrb- was an officer of the united states navy .
an 1867 graduate of the united states naval academy , he was a noted hydrographer , served as director of naval intelligence , and commanded the gunboat during the spanish-american war .
he was socially prominent in washington , d.c. and served as us naval attaché to great britain .
he commanded the on the asiatic station and served as president of the board of inspection and survey .
he was promoted to rear admiral in 1907 and retired in 1908 .
