Joseph Coghlan

Rear Admiral Joseph Bullock Coghlan (9 December 1844 – 5 December 1908) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War.

Biography Born at Frankfort, Kentucky, to Cornelius and Lavinia Coghlan, and raised in Illinois, Coghlan served as commandant of the New York Navy Yard from 1 October 1904 to 30 May 1907. Less than two months later, Coghlan died in the Sutton Manor district of New Rochelle, New York, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. right

Namesakes Two ships have been named in his honor.