| William Bernard Goggins | |
| Birth Date: | September 10, 1898 |
| Birth Name: | William Bernard Goggins |
| Branch: | Navy |
| Branch Label: | Branch |
| Rank: | Rear admiral |
| Battles: |
|
| Awards: | Legion of Merit (2)Purple HeartNavy Unit CommendationCombat Action RibbonNavy Occupation Service MedalNavy and Marine Corps Commendation MedalPhilippine Liberation MedalPhilippine Defense MedalWorld War II Victory MedalAsiatic–Pacific Campaign MedalAmerican Campaign MedalAmerican Defense Service MedalWorld War I Victory Medal |
| Alma Mater: | Yale University |
William Bernard Goggins (September 10, 1898 – December 27, 1985) was an American Navy officer.
Born September 10, 1898, to William Goggins and Midge May Goggins (née McCarter),[1] Goggins graduated from Yale University with a master's degree in electrical engineering. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1920. He served on battleships during World War I.[2] During World War II, he served as executive officer on USS Marblehead in the Java Sea. The ship was damaged during the Battle of Makassar Strait, and Goggins was severely burned.[3]
Goggins worked as head of Station HYPO in the United States Pacific Fleet headquarters[4] [5] from October 1942 until assuming command of USS Alabama on January 18, 1945, later fighting in the Battle of Okinawa.[6]
After the war, Goggins served as a commanding officer of the Naval Administrative Command for the Central Intelligence Group. He worked as a chief of staff in the construction of the Panama Canal. He retired from the military in 1949, at the rank of rear admiral.
After retiring, Goggins was a researcher for Johns Hopkins University. He founded the General Kinetics Institute, a computing and telecommunications company. From 1949, he lived in Washington, D.C.. He died on December 27, 1985, at Inova Fairfax Hospital, aged 87.