Horacio rivero biography

Horacio "Rivets" Rivero, Jr.

Admiral, U.S. Navy

Horacio Rivero, Jr. was born on 16 May 1910 in the city of Ponce, located in the southern coast of Puerto Rico, where he also received his primary and secondary education.

On 20 June 1927, he received an appointment from the Honorable Felix Cordova Davila, Puerto Rico's Resident Commissioner to attend the U.S. Naval Academy. His nickname "Rivets" came about in the Academy as a result of an officer who had trouble reading Rivero's name on his uniform.

On 4 June 1931, he graduated from the Academy third in a class of 441.

Rivero's first assignment was aboard the USS Northampton (CA-26).

Admiral horacio rivero

From 1932-36, he served aboard the following ships: USS Chicago (CA-29), USS New Mexico (BB-40), USS California (BB-44) and USS Pennsylvania (BB-38). He earned his Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1940 and in 1941 married Hazel Hooper.

World War II

During World War I