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The Norfolk Navy Yard is a major U.S. Navy shipyard located in Virginia that continues to operate in the twenty-first century.

It began operations as Gosport Shipyard in 1767 and fell into Confederate hands during the Civil War, at which time it obtained its present name.

Shipbuilding

After falling into Confederate hands in late April of 1861, the yard gained a place in history when the scuttled steam frigate U.S.S. Merrimack was raised and converted into the ironclad C.S.S. Virginia.

Commandants

Dates of appointment given:

Commodore William K. Mayo, 1 July, 1882^[1]
Commodore Aaron W. Weaver, 9 January, 1890^[2]
Rear Admiral George Brown, 29 July, 1893^[3] – April 1897^[4]
Commodore Norman H. Farquhar, 1 June, 1897^[5]
Rear Admiral Charles S. Cotton, 16 July, 1900^[6]
Rear Admiral Purnell F. Harrington, 1 April, 1903^[7] – 7 July, 1906^[8]^[Inference]
Rear Admiral Robert M. Berry, 7 July, 1906^[9] (also Commandant, Fifth Naval District)
Rear Admiral Edward D. Taussig, 27 December, 1907^[10] (also Commandant, Fifth Naval District)
Rear Admiral William A. Marshall, 20 November, 1909^[11] – after 1 January, 1911^[12] (also Commandant, Fifth Naval District)
Rear Admiral Robert M. Doyle, 1 November, 1911^[13] – after 1 January, 1913^[14] (also Commandant, Fifth Naval District)
Rear Admiral Nathaniel R. Usher, 1 December, 1913^[15]
Rear Admiral Frank E. Beatty, c. early 1915^[16] – 2 November, 1915^[17]^[18]^[Inference]
Rear Admiral Walter McLean, 25 November, 1915^[19]
Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage, 14 November, 1919^[20]

Aides to Commandant

Dates of appointment given:

Commander Duncan M. Wood, 29 October, 1915^[21]
Commander Christopher C. Fewe, 16 October, 1916^[22]

Captains of the Yard

Dates of appointment given:

Captain Bartlett J. Cromwell, 29 October, 1891^[23]
Captain Alexander H. McCormick, 29 October, 1894^[24]
Captain William C. Wise, 1 November, 1897^[25] – April 1898^[26]
Captain (Retired) Joshua Bishop, 28 April, 1898^[27]
Captain Bowman H. McCalla, 15 October, 1898^[28] – 1 September, 1899^[29]
Captain Eugene W. Watson, 14 November, 1899^[30]
Captain Joseph E. Craig, 30 December, 1902^[31] – 1 June, 1904^[Inference]^[32]
Captain Joseph N. Hemphill, 1 June, 1904^[33] – 11 April, 1905^[Inference]
Captain Albion V. Wadhams, 11 April, 1905^[34] – 17 July, 1907^[35]^[Inference]
Captain Daniel D. V. Stuart, 17 July, 1907^[36] – after 1 January, 1909^[37]
Captain James P. Parker, 24 August, 1909^[38] – 1911^[39]^[40]
Commander John B. Patton, 1911^[41]^[42] – after 1 January, 1913^[43]
Commander Louis R. de Steiguer, 20 July, 1913^[44] – after 1 January, 1915^[45]
Captain Clarence S. Kempff, 1 June, 1923^[46] – after 1 January, 1925^[47]

Navigation Officers

Dates of appointment given:

Lieutenant Commander William T. Burwell, 28 March, 1889^[48]

Engineer Officers

Dates of appointment given:

Commander Albert B. Willits, 17 December, 1904^[49] – 25 April, 1908^[50]^[Inference]
Commander Thomas W. Kinkaid, 25 April, 1908^[51]
Lieutenant Commander Stanford E. Moses, 5 October, 1911^[52] – 3 January, 1912^[53]
Lieutenant Commander Henry E. Lackey, 3 January, 1912^[54] – after 1 January, 1915^[55]

Ordnance Officers

Dates of appointment given:

Commander Oliver A. Batcheller, 10 May, 1889^[56]
Commander Chapman C. Todd, 31 January, 1893^[57]
Commander George E. Ide, 24 November, 1896^[58] – April 1898^[59]
Commander William H. Everett, 5 August, 1902^[60] – 10 December, 1903^[Inference]
Commander Clinton K. Curtis, 10 December, 1903^[61]
Commander Dennis H. Mahan, 2 January, 1905^[62] – 14 November, 1907^{[Fact Check]}
Lieutenant Commander Isaac K. Seymour, 14 November, 1907^[63] – 7 March, 1908^[Inference]
Commander Reuben O. Bitler, 7 March, 1908^[64]

Equipment Officers

Dates of appointment given:

Commander William C. Wise, 10 April, 1889^[65]
Commander Richard P. Leary, 23 September, 1890^[66]
Commander James G. Green, 16 December, 1895^[67]
Commander William W. Mead, 11 May, 1896^[68] – June 1898^[69]
Commander Clinton K. Curtis, 12 November, 1901^[70] – 20 January, 1903^[Inference]
Commander John E. Roller, 20 January, 1903^[71] – after 1 January, 1905^[72]
Commander John G. Quinby, 12 February, 1908^[73]

Inspection Officers

Dates of appointment given:

Lieutenant Commander William S. Whitted, 7 May, 1909^[74] – 17 April, 1911^[75]^[76]^[Inference]
Lieutenant Commander Thomas D. Parker, 17 April, 1911^[77] – after 1 January, 1912^[78]
Commander Charles J. Lang, 1914^[79]

Footnotes

↑ Register of Officers, 1882. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 4.
↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 4.
↑ Records of Living Officers (6th ed). p. 32.
↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 4.
↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 6.
↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 6.
↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 6.
↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 6.
↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 6.
↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 6.
↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 6.
↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 10.
↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 10-11.
↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 16.
↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 14.
↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 6.
↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 6.
↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 6.
↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 5.
↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 43.
↑ Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 98.
↑ Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 98.
↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 10.
↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 10.
↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 10.
↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 10.
↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.
↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
↑ Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 14-15.
↑ Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 14-15.
↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 12.
↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 14.
↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 12.
↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 20.
↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 20.
↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 20.
↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 20.
↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 10.
↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 8.
↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.
↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 12.
↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 10.
↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 18.
↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1891. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 8.
↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.
↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 12.
↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 12.
↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 12.
↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 20.
↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 22.
↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 20.
↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 22.
↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 22.
↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 16.

Bibliography

[1] Register of Officers, 1882. p. 8.

[2] Register of Officers, 1892. p. 4.

[3] Register of Officers, 1896. p. 4.

[4] Records of Living Officers (6th ed). p. 32.

[5] List and Station, July 1898. p. 4.

[6] Register of Officers, 1903. p. 6.

[7] Register of Officers, 1904. p. 6.

[8] Register of Officers, 1906. p. 6.

[9] Register of Officers, 1907. p. 6.

[10] Register of Officers, 1909. p. 6.

[11] Register of Officers, 1911. p. 6.

[12] Register of Officers, 1911. p. 6.

[13] Register of Officers, 1912. p. 10.

[14] Register of Officers, 1912. p. 8.

[15] Register of Officers, 1914. p. 8.

[16] Register of Officers, 1915. p. 8.

[17] Register of Officers, 1915. p. 8.

[18] Register of Officers, 1917. p. 8.

[19] Register of Officers, 1917. p. 8.

[20] Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 10-11.

[21] Register of Officers, 1916. p. 16.

[22] Register of Officers, 1917. p. 14.

[23] Register of Officers, 1892. p. 6.

[24] Register of Officers, 1896. p. 6.

[25] Register of Officers, 1898. p. 6.

[26] List and Station, July 1898. p. 5.

[27] List and Station, July 1898. p. 43.

[28] Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 98.

[29] Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 98.

[30] Register of Officers, 1900. p. 10.

[31] Register of Officers, 1903. p. 8.

[32] Register of Officers, 1904. p. 8.

[33] Register of Officers, 1905. p. 8.

[34] Register of Officers, 1906. p. 8.

[35] Register of Officers, 1907. p. 8.

[36] Register of Officers, 1909. p. 8.

[37] Register of Officers, 1909. p. 8.

[38] Register of Officers, 1911. p. 10.

[39] Register of Officers, 1911. p. 10.

[40] Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.

[41] Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.

[42] Register of Officers, 1911. p. 10.

[43] Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.

[44] Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.

[45] Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.

[46] Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 14-15.

[47] Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 14-15.

[48] Register of Officers, 1890. p. 12.

[49] Register of Officers, 1906. p. 14.

[50] Register of Officers, 1908. p. 12.

[51] Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.

[52] Register of Officers, 1912. p. 20.

[53] Register of Officers, 1915. p. 20.

[54] Register of Officers, 1915. p. 20.

[55] Register of Officers, 1915. p. 20.

[56] Register of Officers, 1890. p. 8.

[57] Register of Officers, 1896. p. 10.

[58] Register of Officers, 1898. p. 8.

[59] List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.

[60] Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.

[61] Register of Officers, 1904. p. 12.

[62] Register of Officers, 1906. p. 10.

[63] Register of Officers, 1908. p. 18.

[64] Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.

[65] Register of Officers, 1890. p. 8.

[66] Register of Officers, 1891. p. 8.

[67] Register of Officers, 1896. p. 8.

[68] Register of Officers, 1898. p. 8.

[69] List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.

[70] Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.

[71] Register of Officers, 1905. p. 12.

[72] Register of Officers, 1905. p. 12.

[73] Register of Officers, 1909. p. 12.

[74] Register of Officers, 1911. p. 20.

[75] Register of Officers, 1912. p. 22.

[76] Register of Officers, 1911. p. 20.

[77] Register of Officers, 1912. p. 22.

[78] Register of Officers, 1912. p. 22.

[79] Register of Officers, 1914. p. 16.

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Captains of the Yard

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