From the order of the Jackalope "He fired when ready" by #13 (David White).
Well, of course if you have been reading this blog, you know. I didn't know much about this person before I started this series of posts which actually started in my Civil War Navy blog Running the Blockade. This is a part of my RoadTripping Through History approach to these blogs.
I figured this Gridly guy, and I had to find out his first name, must have been an officer under the command of Dewey.
David White remembers a family trip when he was a child and they went to Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia where one of the attractions was the USS Olympia. Bolted to the deck by the wheelhouse were two brass footprints engraved with this text:
"From this spot Commodore Dewey directed the Asiatic Squadron to victory in the Spanish-American War, launching the United States onto the world stage. 'You may fire when you are ready, Gridley.' May 11898, Manila Bay, Luzon, Philippines."
They are some of the most famous words in naval history, right up there with "Don't give up the ship" and "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead."
I figured he was a Navy man, likely an officer, but under the command of Dewey.
This is where David White started doing his own research.
--Cooter
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