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===January, 1911===
 
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The new formation was as follows, {{US-Bonita}}, {{US-Snapper}}, {{US-Stingray}} and {{US-Tarpon}} being temporarily attached to the Third Submarine Division from the Second.{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 235-236}}
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===January, 1912===
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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.{{USOfficerReg1912|pp. 230-232}}
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=12  width=100%| '''Atlantic Torpedo Fleet'''
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|align=center colspan=2|{{US-Ammen}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-Burrows}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-Drayton}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-1Flusser}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-1Lamson}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-Mayrant}}
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|align=center colspan=2|{{US-McCall}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-Monaghan}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-Patterson}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-Paulding}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-Perkins}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-1Preston}}
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|align=center colspan=2|{{US-1Reid}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-Roe}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-Smith}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-Sterett}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-Terry}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-Trippe}}
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|align=center colspan=6|{{US-Walke}}||align=center colspan=6|{{US-Warrington}}
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|align=center colspan=12|'''Submarines'''
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|align=center colspan=3|{{US-C2}}||align=center colspan=3|{{US-C3}}||align=center colspan=3|{{US-C4}}||align=center colspan=3|{{US-C5}}
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|align=center colspan=4|{{US-Castine}}||align=center colspan=4|{{US-Dixie}}||align=center colspan=4|{{US-Severn}}
 
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==Fleet Commanders==
 
==Fleet Commanders==
  
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<div name=fredbot:officeCommand otitle="In Command, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeCommand otitle="Commanding, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=George Washington Williams|nick=George W. Williams|appt=before 1 January, 1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 18}}}}
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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}}}}
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{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{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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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William Sowden Sims|nick=William S. Sims|appt=5 June, 1913{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 10}}|end=after 1 January, 1915{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 10}}|as=Commanding, Torpedo Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCommand>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCommand>
  
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===First Division Commanders===
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===First Group Commanders===
  
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<div name=fredbot:officeFlot1 otitle="In Command, First Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeFlot1 otitle="Commanding, First Group, Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla" nat="US">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=William Frederick Halsey, Jr.|nick=William F. Halsey, Jr.|appt=20 August, 1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 30}}|end=after 1 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 30}}|precBy=New Command}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeFlot1>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeFlot1>
  
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===Second Division Commanders===
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===Second Group Commanders===
  
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<div name=fredbot:officeFlot2 otitle="In Command, Second Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeFlot2 otitle="Commanding, Second Group, Torpedo Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet" nat="US">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Clark Howell Woodward|nick=Clark H. Woodward|appt=1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 22}}|end=after 1 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 22}}|precBy=New Command}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeFlot2>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeFlot2>
  
 
===Third Division Commanders===
 
===Third Division Commanders===
  
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<div name=fredbot:officeFlot3 otitle="In Command, Third Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeDiv3 otitle="Commanding, Third Group, Torpedo Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet" nat="US">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=William Lord Littlefield|nick=William L. Littlefield|appt=6 December, 1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 20}}|end=after 1 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 20}}|precBy=New Command}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeDiv3>
  
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===Fourth Division Commanders===
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===Fourth Group Commanders===
  
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<div name=fredbot:officeDiv4 otitle="In Command, Fourth Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeFlot4 otitle="Commanding, Fourth Group, Torpedo Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet" nat="US">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Franck Taylor Evans|nick=Franck T. Evans|appt=1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 22}}|end=after 1 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 22}}|precBy=New Command}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeFlot4>
  
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===Fifth Division Commanders===
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===Fifth Group Commanders===
  
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<div name=fredbot:officeDiv5 otitle="In Command, Fifth Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeDiv5 otitle="Commanding, Fifth Group, Torpedo Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet" nat="US">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Edwin Hayden DeLany|nick=Edwin H. DeLany|appt=15 June, 1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 18}}|end=after 1 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 18}}|precBy=New Command}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeDiv5>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeDiv5>
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===Sixth Division Commanders===
 
===Sixth Division Commanders===
  
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<div name=fredbot:officeDiv6 otitle="In Command, Sixth Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|}}
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===Seventh Division Commanders===
 
===Seventh Division Commanders===
  
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<div name=fredbot:officeDiv7 otitle="In Command, Seventh Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=George Calvin Day|nick=George C. Day|appt=before 1 January, 1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 18}}|end=after 1 January, 1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 18}}}}
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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}}}}
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{{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}}}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeDiv7>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeDiv7>
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===Eighth Division Commanders===
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<div name=fredbot:officeDiv8 otitle="Commanding, Eighth Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US">
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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}}}}
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===Ninth Division Commanders===
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<div name=fredbot:officeDiv9 otitle="Commanding, Ninth Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US">
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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}}}}
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===Tenth Division Commanders===
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<div name=fredbot:officeDiv10 otitle="Commanding, Tenth Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US">
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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}}}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeSubDiv1 otitle="Commanding, First Submarine Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US">
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{{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=Alfred Hart Miles|nick=Alfred H. Miles|appt=before 1 January, 1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 46}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Lewis Dean Causey|nick=Lewis D. Causey|appt=12 December, 1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 36}}|end=after 1 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 36}}|as=Commanding, First Group, Atlantic Submarine Flotilla}}
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===Second Submarine Group Commanders===
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<div name=fredbot:officeSubDiv2 otitle="Commanding, Second Submarine Group, Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla" nat="US">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LtJGUS}}|name=Claudius Roscoe Hyatt|nick=Claudius R. Hyatt|appt=1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 40}}|end=after 1 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 40}}|precBy=New Command}}
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===Third Submarine Division Commanders===
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<div name=fredbot:officeSubDiv3 otitle="Commanding, Third Submarine Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US">
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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}}|end=1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 30}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 44}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LtJGUS}}|name=Warren Gerald Child|nick=Warren G. Child|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 30}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 44}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 44}}}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeSubDiv3>
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 20:23, 3 November 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

First Group Commanders

Second Group Commanders

Third Division Commanders

Fourth Group Commanders

Fifth Group Commanders

Seventh Division Commanders

Eighth Division Commanders

Ninth Division Commanders

Tenth Division Commanders

First Submarine Division/Group Commanders

Second Submarine Group Commanders

Third Submarine Division Commanders

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 235-236.
  2. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. pp. 230-232.
  3. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
  4. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 18.
  5. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
  6. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
  7. ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 10.
  8. ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 10.
  9. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 30.
  10. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 30.
  11. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 22.
  12. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 22.
  13. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 20.
  14. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 20.
  15. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 22.
  16. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 22.
  17. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 18.
  18. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 18.
  19. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 18.
  20. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 18.
  21. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 20.
  22. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 20.
  23. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 18.
  24. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 20.
  25. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 22.
  26. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 22.
  27. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 22.
  28. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 22.
  29. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 20.
  30. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 20.
  31. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 46.
  32. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 36.
  33. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 36.
  34. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 40.
  35. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 40.
  36. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 30. Formation is new that year.
  37. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 30.
  38. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 44.
  39. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 30.
  40. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 44.
  41. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 44.

Bibliography

See Also

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