Promotions:
1879: Ensign;
1885: Lieutenant Junior Grade;
1909: Captain;
December 5th, 1914: Rear Admiral;
June 19th,1916: acting Vice Admiral;
June 21st, 1930: Vice Admiral (Reserves).
Career:
? - 1876: US Naval Academy;
1876: USS Pensacola (1859);
?: Coast Survey Steamer USC&GS Carlile P. Patterson;
?: USS Pensacola (1859);
?: USS Adams (1874);
?: USS Boston (1884);
?: USS Terror (BM-4);
1900: Commandant of Midshipman, Naval Academy;
1912: Commandant, Boston Navy Shipyard;
1914: 3rd Division, Atlantic Fleet;
1918: Commander, Battleship Force 2, Atlantic Fleet;
?: Commander Battle Force, Atlantic Fleet / Second in Command, Atlantic Force;
November 28th, 1918: Reserves.
In 1868 Coffman Cove in Alaska was named after him and in 1943 the destroyer USS Coffman (DE-191).
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