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Revision as of 02:12, 27 January 2022
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
| Ship | Type | Launched | Fate |
| U.S.S. Powhatan | side-wheel frigate | 14 Feb, 1850 | Sold 30 Jul, 1887 |
| U.S.S. Constellation | sailing sloop-of-war | 26 Aug, 1854 | Preserved 7 Aug, 1955 |
| U.S.S. Colorado | screw frigate | 19 Jun, 1856 | Sold 15 Feb, 1885 |
| U.S.S. Richmond | screw sloop | 26 Jan, 1860 | Sold 23 Jul, 1919 |
| U.S.S. Alliance | gunboat | 8 Mar, 1875 | Sold 13 Nov, 1911 |
| U.S.S. Galena | screw sloop | 13 Mar, 1879 | Sold 9 May, 1892 |
| U.S.S. Raleigh | protected cruiser | 31 Mar, 1892 | Sold 21 Apr, 1921 |
| U.S.S. Texas | pre-dreadnought | 28 Jun, 1892 | Sunk 1912 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 116 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 24 Jun, 1921 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 117 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Burned 22 Dec, 1917 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 118 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 24 Jun, 1921 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 119 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 20 Dec, 1921 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 120 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 20 Jul, 1921 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 121 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 24 Jun, 1921 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 122 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 24 Jun, 1921 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 123 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 24 Jun, 1921 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 124 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 11 May, 1921 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 125 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 24 Jun, 1921 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 126 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 24 Jun, 1921 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 127 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold |
| U.S.S. S.C. 128 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold Jun, 1919 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 129 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 24 Jun, 1921 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 130 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 11 May, 1921 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 131 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 24 Jun, 1921 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 132 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Collision 5 Jun, 1918 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 133 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 20 Jul, 1921 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 134 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 20 Jul, 1921 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 135 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 24 Jun, 1921 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 136 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 24 Jun, 1921 |
| U.S.S. Craven | destroyer | 29 Jun, 1918 | Scuttled May, 1946 |
| U.S.S. Hulbert | destroyer | 28 Jun, 1919 | |
| U.S.S. Noa | destroyer | 28 Jun, 1919 | Collision 12 Sep, 1944 |
| U.S.S. William B. Preston | destroyer | 9 Aug, 1919 |
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 Augustus F. Fechteler, 5 February, 1918[20]
- Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage, 14 November, 1919[21]
- Rear Admiral Henry J. Ziegemeier, 6 June, 1923[22]
Aides to Commandant
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Duncan M. Wood, 29 October, 1915[23]
- Commander Christopher C. Fewel, 16 October, 1916[24]
Captains of the Yard
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Bartlett J. Cromwell, 29 October, 1891[25]
- Captain Alexander H. McCormick, 29 October, 1894[26]
- Captain William C. Wise, 1 November, 1897[27] – April 1898[28]
- Captain (Retired) Joshua Bishop, 28 April, 1898[29]
- Captain Bowman H. McCalla, 15 October, 1898[30] – 1 September, 1899[31]
- Captain Eugene W. Watson, 14 November, 1899[32]
- Captain Joseph E. Craig, 30 December, 1902[33] – 1 June, 1904[Inference][34]
- Captain Joseph N. Hemphill, 1 June, 1904[35] – 11 April, 1905[Inference]
- Captain Albion V. Wadhams, 11 April, 1905[36] – 17 July, 1907[37][Inference]
- Captain Daniel D. V. Stuart, 17 July, 1907[38] – after 1 January, 1909[39]
- Captain James P. Parker, 24 August, 1909[40] – 1911[41][42]
- Commander John B. Patton, 1911[43][44] – after 1 January, 1913[45]
- Commander Louis R. de Steiguer, 20 July, 1913[46] – after 1 January, 1915[47]
- Captain Clarence S. Kempff, 1 June, 1923[48] – after 1 January, 1925[49]
- Captain Harlan P. Perrill, 3 June, 1927[50]
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant Commander William T. Burwell, 28 March, 1889[51]
Engineer Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Albert B. Willits, 17 December, 1904[52] – 25 April, 1908[53][Inference]
- Commander Thomas W. Kinkaid, 25 April, 1908[54]
- Lieutenant Commander Stanford E. Moses, 5 October, 1911[55] – 3 January, 1912[56]
- Lieutenant Commander Henry E. Lackey, 3 January, 1912[57] – after 1 January, 1915[58]
Ordnance Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Oliver A. Batcheller, 10 May, 1889[59]
- Commander Chapman C. Todd, 31 January, 1893[60]
- Commander George E. Ide, 24 November, 1896[61] – April 1898[62]
- Commander William H. Everett, 5 August, 1902[63] – 10 December, 1903[Inference]
- Commander Clinton K. Curtis, 10 December, 1903[64]
- Commander Dennis H. Mahan, 2 January, 1905[65] – 14 November, 1907[Fact Check]
- Lieutenant Commander Isaac K. Seymour, 14 November, 1907[66] – 7 March, 1908[Inference]
- Commander Reuben O. Bitler, 7 March, 1908[67]
Equipment Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander William C. Wise, 10 April, 1889[68]
- Commander Richard P. Leary, 23 September, 1890[69]
- Commander James G. Green, 16 December, 1895[70]
- Commander William W. Mead, 11 May, 1896[71] – June 1898[72]
- Commander Clinton K. Curtis, 12 November, 1901[73] – 20 January, 1903[Inference]
- Commander John E. Roller, 20 January, 1903[74] – after 1 January, 1905[75]
- Commander John G. Quinby, 12 February, 1908[76]
Inspection Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant Commander William S. Whitted, 7 May, 1909[77] – 17 April, 1911[78][79][Inference]
- Lieutenant Commander Thomas D. Parker, 17 April, 1911[80] – after 1 January, 1912[81]
- Commander Charles J. Lang, 1914[82]
See Also
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, 1919. pp. 10-11.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 10-11.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1924. pp. 12-13.
- ↑ 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, 1928. pp. 12-13.
- ↑ 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.
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