Benjamin P. Lamberton

Benjamin Peffer Lamberton (February 25, 1844 – June 9, 1912) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, who served in the Spanish–American War.[1]

Benjamin Peffer Lamberton
Lamberton in 1903, photo by James E. Purdy
Born(1844-02-25)February 25, 1844
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
DiedJune 9, 1912(1912-06-09) (aged 68)
Washington, D.C.
Place of burial
Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Navy
Years of service1861–1906
RankRear admiral
Commands heldUSS Olympia
South Atlantic Squadron
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
Spanish–American War

Biography

Benjamin Peffer Lamberton was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He attended Carlisle High School and the Dickinson Preparatory School before spending three years as a member of the Dickinson College class of 1862. He was a Member of Belles Lettres Literary Society.[2]

Having decided on a naval career Lamberton transferred to the Naval Academy, and was appointed midshipman on September 21, 1861.[2] He graduated on November 22, 1864[3] in time to see active service on the America as it pursued the Confederate raiders Florida and Tallahassee in 1864.[2]

In 1865 he was attached to the steam sloop Susquehanna of the Brazil Squadron,[2] then in the steam-sloop Juniata in 1866–67,[4] receiving promotion to ensign on November 1, 1866, and to master on December 1, 1866.[3]

Lamberton served aboard the training ship Saratoga in 1867–69, being commissioned as lieutenant on March 12, 1867.[4] He served with the rank of lieutenant commander from December 18, 1868,[4] to June 2, 1885, when he was promoted to commander[3] and assigned to the Lighthouse Board in Charleston as an inspector.[2]

In 1898 Lamberton was ordered to command of the protected cruiser Boston on the Asiatic Squadron, but upon arrival in Hong Kong was appointed chief of staff on board Admiral George Dewey's flagship Olympia.[2]

He saw action the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898.[2] An incident during the heat of the battle demonstrated the ardor of Olympia's crew. On learning of Dewey's decision to give the crew a break for breakfast, a gun captain commented to Captain Lamberton, "For God's sake, Captain, don’t let us stop now. To hell with breakfast!"[5]

Lamberton was promoted to captain on May 17, 1898, and took command of the Olympia.[2]

Promoted to rear admiral on September 11, 1903,[5] he commanded the South Atlantic Squadron. His final post was as chairman of the Lighthouse Board from which he retired on his sixty-second birthday in 1906.[2]

Lamberton died on June 9, 1912, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.[1]

Personal life

Benjamin Peffer Lamberton married Elizabeth Stedman in February 1873 in Boston, Massachusetts, and had three children. He lived in Washington, D.C. during his retirement, enjoying duck hunting and fishing with his friend President Grover Cleveland.[2]

Namesake

The destroyer USS Lamberton (DD-119), launched on 30 March 1918, was named after him.[1]

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gollark: > Git uses delta encoding to store some of the objects in packfiles. However, you don't want to have to play back every single change ever on a given file in order to get the current version, so Git also has occasional snapshots of the file contents stored as well. "Resolving deltas" is the step that deals with making sure all of that stays consistent.

References
  1. "Benjamin P. Lamberton, Rear Admiral, USN". Arlington National Cemetery. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  2. "Rear Admiral Benjamin Lamberton, Class of 1862". Dickinson.edu. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  3. "US Navy Officers: 1775-1900 (L)". U.S. Navy. Archived from the original on 23 June 2006. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  4. Lewis Randolph Hamersly (1870). "The records of living officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps: with a history of naval operations during the rebellion of 1861-5, and a list of the ships and officers participating in the great battles". archive.org. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  5. "Lamberton". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
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