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{{Infobox military person
| name = Ralph Chandler
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1829|8|23}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1889|2|9|1829|8|23}}
| placeofburial_label = Place of burial
| placeofburial =
| birth_place = [[Batavia (town), New York|Batavia, New York]]
| death_place = [[Hong Kong]]
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| nickname =
|allegiance= [[United States of America]]
|branch={{Naval|United States|navy-1864}}
| serviceyears = 1845–1889
| rank = [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear admiral]]
| unit =
| commands = {{USS|Huntsville|1861|6}} {{USS|Maumee|1864|6}} {{USS|Don|1862|6}} {{USS|Tallapoosa|1863|6}} [[Asiatic Squadron]]
| battles = [[Mexican–American War]] [[American Civil War]] • [[Second Battle of Fort Fisher]]
| awards =
| relations =
| laterwork =
}}
'''Ralph Chandler''' (23 August 1829 – 9 February 1889) was a [[Rear admiral (United States)|rear admiral]] of the [[United States Navy]]. He saw action during the [[Mexican–American War]] and the [[American Civil War]], and later served as commander of the [[Asiatic Squadron]].

==Biography==
Chandler was born in [[Batavia (town), New York|Batavia, New York]], the son of Daniel Chandler, a lawyer. He joined the Navy as midshipman on 17 September 1845, and was sent to the [[United States Naval Academy|Naval Academy]]. After graduation he was assigned to the [[razee]] {{USS|Independence|1814|2}}, flagship of the [[Pacific Squadron]]. He took part in Pacific-coast operations of the [[Mexican–American War]], being in two engagements near [[Mazatlán]].<ref name="buffalonian">{{Cite web
|url= http://www.buffalonian.com/hnews/1889REARADMIRALCHANDLER.html
|title=1889 - DEATH OF REAR ADMIRAL CHANDLER
|work=buffalonian.com
|accessdate=6 August 2010
}}</ref>

Chandler served in the sloop {{USS|Vincennes|1826|2}} from 1849 to 1850, and was promoted to [[Passed midshipman]] in 1851. After a tour of duty at the Naval Academy in 1852, he served in the sloop {{USS|St. Louis|1828|2}} in the [[Mediterranean Squadron (United States)|Mediterranean Squadron]] till 1855, in which year he became successively master and lieutenant.<ref name="buffalonian"/>

Between 1855 and 1859 Chandler was engaged on the coast survey and the survey of the [[Paraná River]], and was serving in the sloop {{USS|Vandalia|1828|2}} at the outbreak of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], seeing action in her at the [[battle of Port Royal]] in November 1861. The next year he was assigned to the steam-sloop {{USS|San Jacinto|1850|2}} of the [[North Atlantic Blockading Squadron]], in which he was present at the engagement with the [[Sewell's Point]] batteries and the capture of [[Norfolk, Virginia]].<ref name="buffalonian"/>

On 16 July 1862, he was promoted to lieutenant-commander and commanded the [[screw steamer]] {{USS|Huntsville|1861|2}} in the East Gulf Blockading Squadron. Transferred to the steam-gunboat {{USS|Maumee|1864|2}} of the North Atlantic Squadron, Chandler fought his ship at the bombardment and [[Second Battle of Fort Fisher|fall of Fort Fisher]] and the [[Battle of Wilmington|capture of Wilmington]] in early 1865, receiving promotion to commander on 25 July 1866.<ref name="buffalonian"/>

For two years he commanded the steamer {{USS|Don|1862|2}}, and was on ordnance duty at the [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]] in 1868. The next year Chandler commanded the steamer {{USS|Tallapoosa|1863|2}}. He was promoted to captain in 1874, and then to commodore in 1884, serving as [[commandant]] of the Brooklyn Navy Yard.<ref name="buffalonian"/>

On 6 October 1886, Chandler was commissioned as rear-admiral and was ordered to relieve Rear-Admiral [[John L. Davis]] in command of the [[Asiatic Squadron]]. He died in [[Hong Kong]] of [[apoplexy]] in February 1889, and is buried in [[Hong Kong Cemetery]].<ref name="buffalonian"/>

He was married to Cornelia Redfield, with whom he had five children, three girls and two boys.<ref name="buffalonian"/>

==See also==
{{portal|Biography|American Civil War}}

==Archives and records==
*[http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/bak00854/catalog Ralph Chandler journal] at Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School.

==References==
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{{succession box|title=Commander, [[Asiatic Squadron]]|before=[[John L. Davis]]|after=[[George E. Belknap]]|years=22 November 1886–11 February 1889}}
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[[Category:1829 births]]
[[Category:1889 deaths]]
[[Category:United States Navy rear admirals (upper half)]]
[[Category:People of New York (state) in the American Civil War]]

Ralph Chandler - Revision history

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