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Horacio Rivero Jr. (May 16, 1910 – September 24, 2000), was the first Puerto Rican and Hispanic four-star admiral, and the second Hispanic to hold that rank in the modern United States Navy, after the American Civil War Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (1801–1870).
Sep 24, 2020 · It was August of 1942 and Lt. Cmdr. Horacio Rivero, Jr. was in the thick of the fight as the assistant gunnery officer on board the light cruiser USS San Juan (CL-54).
Sep 28, 2000 · Adm. Horacio Rivero Jr., a former vice chief of naval operations and ambassador to Spain, died on Sunday at his home in Coronado, Calif. He was 90.
Rivero, Horacio Jr., Adm., USN (Ret.) (1910–2000) Admiral Rivero came to the Academy from Puerto Rico and after graduation and sea duty, attended MIT, receiving an MS in electrical engineering. During World War II he served in the cruisers USS San Juan (CL-54) and Pittsburgh (CA-72); he participated in the landings at Guadalcanal-Tulagi, a ...
Horacio Rivero Jr. (16 May 1910 – September 24, 2000), was the first Puerto Rican and Hispanic four-star admiral, and the second Hispanic to hold that rank in the modern U.S. Navy. After retiring from the Navy, Rivero served as the U.S. Ambassador to Spain (1972–1974).
Horacio Rivero Jr. (16 de mayo de 1910 - 24 de septiembre de 2000), fue el primer almirante de cuatro estrellas puertorriqueño e hispano, y el segundo hispano en ocupar ese rango en la Armada de los Estados Unidos moderna, después del Almirante David Glasgow Farragut (1801–1870) en la guerra civil estadounidense.
Horacio Rivero Jr. (May 16, 1910 – September 24, 2000), was the first Puerto Rican and Hispanic four-star admiral, and the second Hispanic to hold that rank in the modern United States Navy, after the American Civil War Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (1801–1870).
