Son of the American Revolution - Descendant of William Rippeth
USNA Class of 1905.
He was the son of Alfred B. Canaga and Ermina Carr Canaga.
On June 21, 1908 as Bruce Livingston Canaga, he married Margaret Edward at Dona Ana, New Mexico.
They were the parents of three children.
Retired Navy Captain Bruce Livingston Canaga was born in Annapolis, Maryland and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1905. He was a roommate and classmate of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz while at the Academy. During World War I he served with a mine laying group in the North Atlantic. In 1935 he was stationed in the District of Columbia with the Navy Bureau of Personnel. He served on a naval mission to Peru and was honored by the Peruvian government for his outstanding service. He was commanding officer of the cruiser Louisville. When World War II began he was district intelligence officer for the 11th Naval District in San Diego, California. During World War II he conducted an officer training program at the University of California at Berkeley where he had been Professor of Naval Science and Tactics. In 1946 he retired from the United States Navy with 41 years of service. After retirement he lived in Berkeley, California and was associated with the University of California at Berkeley in agricultural research and experimentation. Friends described his as a man of great human compassion who was loved and admired by all who knew him.
Another who served with him during World War II said he was the kind of man who always looked out for others and never for himself.
He died at age 83 on Tuesday, February 22, 1966 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Martinez, California. He died before he was notified he had been named a pallbearer for the funeral of Fleet Admiral Nimitz who died on Sunday, February 20, 1966. Survivors included his wife, Margaret; one son, Captain Bruce Livingston Canaga Jr. of 4000 Tunlaw Road Northwest who was serving in Vietnam with the Navy Medical Corps; two daughters: Mrs. Margaret (J.O.R.) Coll and Elizabeth Canaga, both of Berkeley, California; two grandsons and one sister, Dorothy Canaga (1891-1966) of Pasadena, California. Services were held at Arlington National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family requested memorial contributions to the Navy Relief Society.
Sources: The San Diego Union, Friday, February 25, 1966 and The Evening Star, Saturday, February 26, 1966 and Monday, February 28, 1966.
USNA Class of 1905.
He was the son of Alfred B. Canaga and Ermina Carr Canaga.
On June 21, 1908 as Bruce Livingston Canaga, he married Margaret Edward at Dona Ana, New Mexico.
They were the parents of three children.
Retired Navy Captain Bruce Livingston Canaga was born in Annapolis, Maryland and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1905. He was a roommate and classmate of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz while at the Academy. During World War I he served with a mine laying group in the North Atlantic. In 1935 he was stationed in the District of Columbia with the Navy Bureau of Personnel. He served on a naval mission to Peru and was honored by the Peruvian government for his outstanding service. He was commanding officer of the cruiser Louisville. When World War II began he was district intelligence officer for the 11th Naval District in San Diego, California. During World War II he conducted an officer training program at the University of California at Berkeley where he had been Professor of Naval Science and Tactics. In 1946 he retired from the United States Navy with 41 years of service. After retirement he lived in Berkeley, California and was associated with the University of California at Berkeley in agricultural research and experimentation. Friends described his as a man of great human compassion who was loved and admired by all who knew him.
Another who served with him during World War II said he was the kind of man who always looked out for others and never for himself.
He died at age 83 on Tuesday, February 22, 1966 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Martinez, California. He died before he was notified he had been named a pallbearer for the funeral of Fleet Admiral Nimitz who died on Sunday, February 20, 1966. Survivors included his wife, Margaret; one son, Captain Bruce Livingston Canaga Jr. of 4000 Tunlaw Road Northwest who was serving in Vietnam with the Navy Medical Corps; two daughters: Mrs. Margaret (J.O.R.) Coll and Elizabeth Canaga, both of Berkeley, California; two grandsons and one sister, Dorothy Canaga (1891-1966) of Pasadena, California. Services were held at Arlington National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family requested memorial contributions to the Navy Relief Society.
Sources: The San Diego Union, Friday, February 25, 1966 and The Evening Star, Saturday, February 26, 1966 and Monday, February 28, 1966.
Son of the American Revolution - Descendant of William Rippeth
USNA Class of 1905.
He was the son of Alfred B. Canaga and Ermina Carr Canaga.
On June 21, 1908 as Bruce Livingston Canaga, he married Margaret Edward at Dona Ana, New Mexico.
They were the parents of three children.
Retired Navy Captain Bruce Livingston Canaga was born in Annapolis, Maryland and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1905. He was a roommate and classmate of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz while at the Academy. During World War I he served with a mine laying group in the North Atlantic. In 1935 he was stationed in the District of Columbia with the Navy Bureau of Personnel. He served on a naval mission to Peru and was honored by the Peruvian government for his outstanding service. He was commanding officer of the cruiser Louisville. When World War II began he was district intelligence officer for the 11th Naval District in San Diego, California. During World War II he conducted an officer training program at the University of California at Berkeley where he had been Professor of Naval Science and Tactics. In 1946 he retired from the United States Navy with 41 years of service. After retirement he lived in Berkeley, California and was associated with the University of California at Berkeley in agricultural research and experimentation. Friends described his as a man of great human compassion who was loved and admired by all who knew him.
Another who served with him during World War II said he was the kind of man who always looked out for others and never for himself.
He died at age 83 on Tuesday, February 22, 1966 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Martinez, California. He died before he was notified he had been named a pallbearer for the funeral of Fleet Admiral Nimitz who died on Sunday, February 20, 1966. Survivors included his wife, Margaret; one son, Captain Bruce Livingston Canaga Jr. of 4000 Tunlaw Road Northwest who was serving in Vietnam with the Navy Medical Corps; two daughters: Mrs. Margaret (J.O.R.) Coll and Elizabeth Canaga, both of Berkeley, California; two grandsons and one sister, Dorothy Canaga (1891-1966) of Pasadena, California. Services were held at Arlington National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family requested memorial contributions to the Navy Relief Society.
Sources: The San Diego Union, Friday, February 25, 1966 and The Evening Star, Saturday, February 26, 1966 and Monday, February 28, 1966.
USNA Class of 1905.
He was the son of Alfred B. Canaga and Ermina Carr Canaga.
On June 21, 1908 as Bruce Livingston Canaga, he married Margaret Edward at Dona Ana, New Mexico.
They were the parents of three children.
Retired Navy Captain Bruce Livingston Canaga was born in Annapolis, Maryland and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1905. He was a roommate and classmate of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz while at the Academy. During World War I he served with a mine laying group in the North Atlantic. In 1935 he was stationed in the District of Columbia with the Navy Bureau of Personnel. He served on a naval mission to Peru and was honored by the Peruvian government for his outstanding service. He was commanding officer of the cruiser Louisville. When World War II began he was district intelligence officer for the 11th Naval District in San Diego, California. During World War II he conducted an officer training program at the University of California at Berkeley where he had been Professor of Naval Science and Tactics. In 1946 he retired from the United States Navy with 41 years of service. After retirement he lived in Berkeley, California and was associated with the University of California at Berkeley in agricultural research and experimentation. Friends described his as a man of great human compassion who was loved and admired by all who knew him.
Another who served with him during World War II said he was the kind of man who always looked out for others and never for himself.
He died at age 83 on Tuesday, February 22, 1966 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Martinez, California. He died before he was notified he had been named a pallbearer for the funeral of Fleet Admiral Nimitz who died on Sunday, February 20, 1966. Survivors included his wife, Margaret; one son, Captain Bruce Livingston Canaga Jr. of 4000 Tunlaw Road Northwest who was serving in Vietnam with the Navy Medical Corps; two daughters: Mrs. Margaret (J.O.R.) Coll and Elizabeth Canaga, both of Berkeley, California; two grandsons and one sister, Dorothy Canaga (1891-1966) of Pasadena, California. Services were held at Arlington National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family requested memorial contributions to the Navy Relief Society.
Sources: The San Diego Union, Friday, February 25, 1966 and The Evening Star, Saturday, February 26, 1966 and Monday, February 28, 1966.
