Robert C. Giffen
| Robert Carlisle Giffen | |
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Vice Admiral Robert C. Giffen. Official U.S. Navy photograph.
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| Born |
29 June 1886 West Chester, Pennsylvania |
| Died | 10 December 1962 (aged 76) Annapolis, Maryland |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1907 – 1946 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
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| Awards |
Navy Cross Navy Distinguished Service Medal |
Robert Carlisle Giffen (1886 – 1962) was an admiral in the United States Navy.
Robert Carlisle Giffen was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on 29 June 1886. He attended the University of Notre Dame, in South Bend, Indiana, before appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy from the State of Nebraska in 1903. Midshipman Giffen graduated with the Academy's class of 1907 and was assigned to the battleship USS Virginia, in which he voyaged around the world with the "Great White Fleet" between late 1907 and early 1909. During the next four years, Giffen served in several ships and also participated regularly in the National Rifle Matches. Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Giffen served at the Washington Navy Yard in 1913-15 and was then assigned to the new destroyer USS Wainwright.
During 1917-1918, Lieutenant Commander Giffen commanded the destroyer USS Trippe in European waters and served with the Sixth Battle Squadron, attached to the British Grand Fleet in the North Sea. In mid-1918 he took command of the new destroyer USS Schley, serving in her at Gibraltar and in the Mediterranean Sea until August 1919. From then until the middle 1930s he had shore duty at San Francisco, California, at the Naval Academy and at Keyport, Washington; served afloat as Executive Officer of USS Huron; and was Commanding Officer of the gunboat USS Sacramento, a destroyer squadron and the oiler USS Neches. Between 1934 and 1937, Captain Giffen was again stationed at the Naval Academy, followed by a tour in command of the light cruiser USS Savannah in 1938-1940.
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