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===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.{{USOfficerReg1912|pp. 230-232}} | |||
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==Fleet Commanders== | ==Fleet Commanders== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCommand otitle=" | <div name=fredbot:officeCommand otitle="Commanding, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=George Washington Williams|nick=George W. Williams|appt= | {{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={{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> | ||
===First | ===First Group Commanders=== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeFlot1 otitle=" | <div name=fredbot:officeFlot1 otitle="Commanding, First Group, Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla" nat="US"> | ||
{{ | {{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> | ||
===Second | ===Second Group Commanders=== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeFlot2 otitle=" | <div name=fredbot:officeFlot2 otitle="Commanding, Second Group, Torpedo Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet" nat="US"> | ||
{{ | {{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=== | ||
<div name=fredbot: | <div name=fredbot:officeDiv3 otitle="Commanding, Third Group, Torpedo Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet" nat="US"> | ||
{{ | {{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}} | ||
</div name=fredbot: | </div name=fredbot:officeDiv3> | ||
===Fourth | ===Fourth Group Commanders=== | ||
<div name=fredbot: | <div name=fredbot:officeFlot4 otitle="Commanding, Fourth Group, Torpedo Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet" nat="US"> | ||
{{ | {{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}} | ||
</div name=fredbot: | </div name=fredbot:officeFlot4> | ||
===Fifth | ===Fifth Group Commanders=== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeDiv5 otitle=" | <div name=fredbot:officeDiv5 otitle="Commanding, Fifth Group, Torpedo Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet" nat="US"> | ||
{{ | {{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=== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeDiv6 otitle=" | <div name=fredbot:officeDiv6 otitle="Commanding, Sixth Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US"> | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeDiv6> | </div name=fredbot:officeDiv6> | ||
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===Seventh Division Commanders=== | ===Seventh Division Commanders=== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeDiv7 otitle=" | <div name=fredbot:officeDiv7 otitle="Commanding, Seventh Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=George Calvin Day|nick=George C. Day|appt=before 1 January, 1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 18}}|end= | {{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}}}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeDiv7> | </div name=fredbot:officeDiv7> | ||
===First Submarine Division Commanders=== | ===Eighth Division Commanders=== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeDiv8 otitle="Commanding, Eighth Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US"> | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Kenneth Marratt Bennett|nick=Kenneth M. Bennett|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 22}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 22}}}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeDiv8> | |||
===Ninth Division Commanders=== | |||
<div name=fredbot:officeDiv9 otitle="Commanding, Ninth Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US"> | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=James Proctor Morton|nick=James P. Morton|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 22}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 22}}}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeDiv9> | |||
===Tenth Division Commanders=== | |||
<div name=fredbot:officeDiv10 otitle="Commanding, Tenth Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US"> | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=John McClane Luby|nick=John McC. Luby|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 20}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 20}}}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeDiv10> | |||
===First Submarine Division/Group Commanders=== | |||
<div name=fredbot:officeSubDiv1 otitle=" | <div name=fredbot:officeSubDiv1 otitle="Commanding, First Submarine Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US"> | ||
{{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}}}} | ||
{{ | {{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}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeSubDiv1> | </div name=fredbot:officeSubDiv1> | ||
===Second Submarine | ===Second Submarine Group Commanders=== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeSubDiv2 otitle=" | <div name=fredbot:officeSubDiv2 otitle="Commanding, Second Submarine Group, Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla" nat="US"> | ||
{{ | {{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}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeSubDiv2> | </div name=fredbot:officeSubDiv2> | ||
===Third Submarine Division Commanders=== | ===Third Submarine Division Commanders=== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeSubDiv3 otitle=" | <div name=fredbot:officeSubDiv3 otitle="Commanding, Third Submarine Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet" nat="US"> | ||
{{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}}|end=1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 30}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 44}}}} | ||
{{ | {{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}}}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeSubDiv3> | </div name=fredbot:officeSubDiv3> | ||
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
- Lieutenant Commander George W. Williams, 8 May, 1911[3][4][Inference]
- Commander Edward W. Eberle, 8 May, 1911[5] – after 1 January, 1912[6]
- Captain William S. Sims, 5 June, 1913[7] – after 1 January, 1915[8]
First Group Commanders
- Lieutenant William F. Halsey, Jr., 20 August, 1912[9] – after 1 January, 1913[10]
Second Group Commanders
- Lieutenant Commander Clark H. Woodward, 1912[11] – after 1 January, 1913[12]
Third Division Commanders
- Lieutenant Commander William L. Littlefield, 6 December, 1912[13] – after 1 January, 1913[14]
Fourth Group Commanders
- Lieutenant Commander Franck T. Evans, 1912[15] – after 1 January, 1913[16]
Fifth Group Commanders
- Lieutenant Commander Edwin H. DeLany, 15 June, 1912[17] – after 1 January, 1913[18]
Seventh Division Commanders
- Lieutenant Commander George C. Day, before 1 January, 1911[19] – 1911[20][21]
- Lieutenant Commander John S. Doddridge, 1911[22][23] – after 1 January, 1912[24]
Eighth Division Commanders
- Lieutenant Commander Kenneth M. Bennett, 1911[25] – after 1 January, 1912[26]
Ninth Division Commanders
- Lieutenant Commander James P. Morton, 1911[27] – after 1 January, 1912[28]
Tenth Division Commanders
- Lieutenant Commander John McC. Luby, 1911[29] – after 1 January, 1912[30]
First Submarine Division/Group Commanders
- Ensign Alfred H. Miles, before 1 January, 1911[31]
- Lieutenant Lewis D. Causey, 12 December, 1912[32] – after 1 January, 1913[33]
Second Submarine Group Commanders
- Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Claudius R. Hyatt, 1912[34] – after 1 January, 1913[35]
Third Submarine Division Commanders
- Lieutenant Donald C. Bingham, 1910[36] – 1911[37][38]
- Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Warren G. Child, 1911[39][40] – after 1 January, 1912[41]
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, 1915. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 22.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 22.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 22.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 22.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 18.
- ↑ 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, 1913. p. 36.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 36.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 40.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 40.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 30. Formation is new that year.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 44.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 44.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 44.
Bibliography
See Also