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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=George Washington Williams|nick=George W. Williams|appt=8 May, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 18}}{{INF}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=George Washington Williams|nick=George W. Williams|appt=8 May, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 18}}{{INF}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Edward Walter Eberle|nick=Edward W. Eberle|appt=8 May, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Edward Walter Eberle|nick=Edward W. Eberle|appt=8 May, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}}} | ||
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===First Division Commanders=== | ===First Division Commanders=== | ||
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===Fourth Division Commanders=== | ===Fourth Division Commanders=== | ||
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| − | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Edwin Hayden DeLany|nick=Edwin H. DeLany|appt=15 June, 1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 18}}|end=after January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 18}}{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 28}}{{INF}}}} | |
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===Sixth Division Commanders=== | ===Sixth Division Commanders=== | ||
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===Seventh Division Commanders=== | ===Seventh Division Commanders=== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=George Calvin Day|nick=George C. Day|appt=before 1 January, 1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 18}}|end=1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 18}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 20}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=George Calvin Day|nick=George C. Day|appt=before 1 January, 1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 18}}|end=1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 18}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 20}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=John Sehon Doddridge|nick=John S. Doddridge|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 20}}{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 18}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 20}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=John Sehon Doddridge|nick=John S. Doddridge|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 20}}{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 18}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 20}}}} | ||
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===Eighth Division Commanders=== | ===Eighth Division Commanders=== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Kenneth Marratt Bennett|nick=Kenneth M. Bennett|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 22}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 22}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Kenneth Marratt Bennett|nick=Kenneth M. Bennett|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 22}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 22}}}} | ||
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===Ninth Division Commanders=== | ===Ninth Division Commanders=== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=James Proctor Morton|nick=James P. Morton|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 22}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 22}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=James Proctor Morton|nick=James P. Morton|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 22}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 22}}}} | ||
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===Tenth Division Commanders=== | ===Tenth Division Commanders=== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=John McClane Luby|nick=John McC. Luby|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 20}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 20}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=John McClane Luby|nick=John McC. Luby|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 20}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 20}}}} | ||
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===First Submarine Division Commanders=== | ===First Submarine Division Commanders=== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=Alfred Hart Miles|nick=Alfred H. Miles|appt=before 1 January, 1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 46}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=Alfred Hart Miles|nick=Alfred H. Miles|appt=before 1 January, 1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 46}}}} | ||
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===Second Submarine Division Commanders=== | ===Second Submarine Division Commanders=== | ||
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===Third Submarine Division Commanders=== | ===Third Submarine Division Commanders=== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Donald Cameron Bingham|nick=Donald C. Bingham|appt=1910{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 30. Formation is new that year.}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Donald Cameron Bingham|nick=Donald C. Bingham|appt=1910{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 30. Formation is new that year.}}}} | ||
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Revision as of 14:20, 30 October 2015
The Atlantic Torpedo Fleet was a formation in the United States Navy created in the year 1909 or 1910.
History
The Fleet was formed some time during 1909 or 1910, as it is first mentioned in the 1911 Officer Register and this editor has not located a 1910 copy.
January, 1911
The new formation was as follows, Bonita, Snapper, Stingray and Tarpon being temporarily attached to the Third Submarine Division from the Second.[1]
| Seventh Torpedo Division | |||||||||||
| Leader | |||||||||||
| Smith | |||||||||||
| Destroyers | |||||||||||
| Flusser | Lamson | Preston | Reid | ||||||||
| First Submarine Division | |||||||||||
| Leader | |||||||||||
| Cuttlefish | |||||||||||
| Submarines | |||||||||||
| Tarantula | Viper | ||||||||||
| Third Submarine Division | |||||||||||
| Leader | |||||||||||
| Grayling | |||||||||||
| Submarines | |||||||||||
| Bonita* | Narwhal | Salmon | |||||||||
| Snapper* | Stingray* | Tarpon* | |||||||||
January, 1912
The Fleet is not listed by Divisions in the Register of 1912. The strength is now twenty of the most modern destroyers, seven submarines and three tenders.[2]
| Atlantic Torpedo Fleet | |||||||||||
| Destroyers | |||||||||||
| Ammen | Burrows | Drayton | Flusser | Lamson | Mayrant | ||||||
| McCall | Monaghan | Patterson | Paulding | Perkins | Preston | ||||||
| Reid | Roe | Smith | Sterett | Terry | Trippe | ||||||
| Walke | Warrington | ||||||||||
| Submarines | |||||||||||
| C-2 | C-3 | C-4 | C-5 | ||||||||
| D-1 | D-2 | D-3 | |||||||||
| Tenders | |||||||||||
| Castine | Dixie | Severn | |||||||||
Fleet Commanders
- Lieutenant Commander George W. Williams, 8 May, 1911[3][4][Inference]
- Commander Edward W. Eberle, 8 May, 1911[5] – after 1 January, 1912[6]
Fifth Group Commanders
- Lieutenant Commander Edwin H. DeLany, 15 June, 1912[7] – after January, 1913[8][9][Inference]
Seventh Division Commanders
- Lieutenant Commander George C. Day, before 1 January, 1911[10] – 1911[11][12]
- Lieutenant Commander John S. Doddridge, 1911[13][14] – after 1 January, 1912[15]
Eighth Division Commanders
- Lieutenant Commander Kenneth M. Bennett, 1911[16] – after 1 January, 1912[17]
Ninth Division Commanders
- Lieutenant Commander James P. Morton, 1911[18] – after 1 January, 1912[19]
Tenth Division Commanders
- Lieutenant Commander John McC. Luby, 1911[20] – after 1 January, 1912[21]
First Submarine Division Commanders
- Ensign Alfred H. Miles, before 1 January, 1911[22]
Third Submarine Division Commanders
Footnotes
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 235-236.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. pp. 230-232.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 28.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 22.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 22.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 22.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 22.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 46.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 30. Formation is new that year..
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