William Bernard Goggins werd op 10 september 1898 geboren als de zoon van William Goggins en Midge May Goggins (McCarter).
Naast zijn persoonlijke, Wo2 gerelateerde onderscheidingen, mocht hij tevens de Navy Commendation Ribbon (toegekend aan de U.S.S. Marblehead voor acties in de Javazee op 4 februari 1942), World War I Victory Medal met Atlantic Fleet gesp en de Navy Occupation Service Medal met Asia gesp dragen.
Bevorderingen:
?: Midshipsman;
6 juni 1919: Ensign;
?: Lieutenant Commander;
18 juni 1942: Captain;
30 juni 1949: Rear Admiral;
Loopbaan:
?: University of Washington;
1916: U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis;
1917: U.S.S. Arkansas;
?: U.S.S. Utah;
1919 - december 1920: U.S.S. Idaho;
?: U.S.S. Meade;
maart 1921: Assistant Communications Officer, Staff, Commander Destroyer Force, Flotilla FOUR, Pacific Fleet;
oktober 1921: Radio Officer, Staff Destroyer Squadron TWELVE, Pacific Fleet;
juni 1923 - juni 1924: Staff, Commander Battleship Division FOUR, Battle Fleet;
?: Postgraduate School, Annapolis, Maryland;
?: Yale University, New Haven;
oktober 1926: U.S.S. Florida;
oktober 1927 - augustus 1929: Radio Officer, Staff, Commander Light Cruiser Divisions and Division TWO, Scouting Fleet;
?: Radio Division, Bureau of Engineering, Navy Department, Washington D.C.;
juni 1931: Aide and Force Radio Officer, Staff Commander, Schouting Force;
juni 1932: Executive Officer U.S.S. Hamilton;
juli 1933: Executive Officer U.S.S. Noa;
?: Radio Division, Bureau of Engineering, Navy Department, Washington D.C.;
juni 1934 - juni 1936: Commanding Officer U.S.S. McCormick (DD-223);
?: Navigator U.S.S. Trenton;
1939 - 1941: Naval Academy, Annapolis;
?: Executive Officer U.S.S. Marblehead;
?: U.S.S. Ramapo;
3 oktober 1942: Officer in Charge, Radio Intelligence Unit, Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Areas;
18 januari 1945 - 26 november 1945: Commanding Officer U.S.S. Alabama (BB-60);
1946- mei 1947: Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department, Washington, D.C.;
mei 1947: Commanding Officer Naval Administrative Command, Central Intelligence Group, Washington, D.C.;
juli 1947 - mei 1949: Chief of Staff and Aide to the commandant, Fifteenth Naval District, Balboa, Canal Zone;
30 juni 1949: Retired List;
?: Researcher Johns Hopkins University;
?: Staff Consultant Army Research Association;
?: General Kinetics Institute.
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