Charles E. Colahan


Charles Ellwood Colahan was an officer of the United States Navy in the 19th century.

Biography

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Colahan graduated from the United States Naval Academy June 4, 1869. His long and active career included command of
Indiana and Cleveland.
On 1 July 1900, he was promoted from the rank of vice lieutenant-commander to commander in the U.S. Navy.

Illness, death and interment

Following a lengthy illness, Colahan died at his home in Lambertville, New Jersey on March 11, 1904. His funeral was held in the chapel of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis on March 14 with Chaplain Henry H. Clark, U.S.N. officiating. The full complement of officers and professors who were employed by the Naval Academy at the time attended the funeral and marched with the casket to the Navy cemetery where Colahan's remains were interred. Also accompanying the casket were the Naval Academy Band, a brigade of Naval Academy midshipmen, who were commanded by Commander W. F. Fullam, U.S.N., and a group of serving seamen. The pallbearers were: Honorary, Commander Charles J. Badger, U.S.N.; Commander William F. Halsey, U.S.N.; Lieutenant Commander W. C. P. Muir, U.S.N.; Professors Philip R. Alger and Nathaniel M. Terry, U.S.N.; and W. H. G. Bullard, U.S.N.

Namesake

In 1943, the destroyer USS Colahan was named in his honor.