CHARLES F. EMMERICH, LT, USN
Charles Emmerich '70
Charles Franklin Emmerich was admitted to the Naval Academy from Washington, D.C. on September 26, 1866 at age 17 years 8 months.
Prior to the publication of the Lucky Bag in 1894, most portraits of officers and midshipmen of the Naval Academy were captured in yearly photo albums. The album for 1869 is available in the collections of the Naval Academy's Digital Collections.
Special thank you to historian Kathy Franz for identifying this resource and then extracting several dozen photographs for this site.
Prior to the publication of the Lucky Bag in 1894, most portraits of officers and midshipmen of the Naval Academy were captured in yearly photo albums. The album for 1869 is available in the collections of the Naval Academy's Digital Collections.
Special thank you to historian Kathy Franz for identifying this resource and then extracting several dozen photographs for this site.
Loss
Charles died on February 3, 1894 at Mare Island Naval Hospital of "a ruptured aerobic aneurysm with gangrene of the left foot and leg." (Per death certificate located by historian Kathy Franz.)
Other Information
From researcher Kathy Franz:
Shortly after Charles was born in Alexandria, Virginia, the family moved to Washington D.C. His parents were Frederick and Catherine, and his sisters were Ada, Parthenia, and Kate. His father was a clerk in the Navy’s Navigation Office for over 20 years.
Charles had a long naval career serving on the following ships: Guerriere in Europe (1870-72), Dictator (1874-76), R. S. Colorado (1877-78), Tuscarora of the Pacific Station (1878-81), Ranger (1881-85), Marion of the Asiatic Station (1889-90), and the Hassler (1893). The Hassler’s mission was to collect information to end the long-standing boundary dispute between Alaska and British Columbia. Charles also served in the Hydrographic Office (1885-86), the Torpedo Station (1886-87), and the Steel Inspection Board in Washington (1892.)
Starting in 1868, Charles had bouts of malaria which were treated with quinine. He entered the Mare Island Hospital in January 1894 with pain in his chest and leg. He died from a ruptured aortic aneurysm with gangrene of the left foot and leg caused by exposure and long and arduous service in the Navy. In 1891, Charles had registered a monthly allotment of $100 to his mother. She also applied for a naval pension. He had two Satsuma Japan plates from his cruise on the Marion which his mother donated to the United States National Museum (now the Smithsonian.)
He is buried in California; he has a memory marker in Washington, D.C.
His brother officers on the Coast Survey named a mountain in Alaska for him.
(Note: A different source reported his death "was ascribed to cancer of the stomach.")
Career
From the Naval History and Heritage Command:
Midshipman, 26 September, 1866. Graduated 7 June, 1870. Ensign, 13 July, 1872. Master, 30 January, 1875. Lieutenant, 6 November, 1881. Died 3 February, 1894.
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