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==Shipbuilding== | ==Shipbuilding== | ||
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|'''Ship'''||'''Type'''||'''Launched'''||'''Fate''' | |||
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|{{US-Powhatan|f=p}}||side-wheel frigate||14 Feb, 1850||Sold 30 Jul, 1887 | |||
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|{{US-Constellation|f=p}}||sailing sloop-of-war||26 Aug, 1854||Preserved 7 Aug, 1955 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-2Colorado|f=p}}||screw frigate||19 Jun, 1856||Sold 15 Feb, 1885 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-1Richmond|f=p}}||screw sloop||26 Jan, 1860||Sold 23 Jul, 1919 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-Alliance|f=p}}||gunboat||8 Mar, 1875||Sold 13 Nov, 1911 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-Galena|f=p}}||screw sloop||13 Mar, 1879||Sold 9 May, 1892 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-1Raleigh|f=p}}||protected cruiser||31 Mar, 1892||Sold 21 Apr, 1921 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-1Texas|f=p}}||pre-dreadnought||28 Jun, 1892||Sunk 1912 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC116|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC117|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Burned 22 Dec, 1917 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC118|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC119|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 20 Dec, 1921 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC120|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 20 Jul, 1921 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC121|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC122|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC123|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC124|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 11 May, 1921 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC125|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC126|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC127|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC128|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold Jun, 1919 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC129|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC130|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 11 May, 1921 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC131|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC132|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Collision 5 Jun, 1918 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC133|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 20 Jul, 1921 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC134|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 20 Jul, 1921 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC135|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-SC136|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-Craven|f=p}}||destroyer||29 Jun, 1918||Scuttled May, 1946 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-Hulbert|f=p}}||destroyer||28 Jun, 1919|| | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-Noa|f=p}}||destroyer||28 Jun, 1919||Collision 12 Sep, 1944 | |||
|- | |||
|{{US-WilliamBPreston|f=p}}||destroyer||9 Aug, 1919|| | |||
|} | |||
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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''. | 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== | ==Commandants== | ||
Dates of appointment given: | Dates of appointment given: | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCom otitle="Commandant, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCom otitle="Commandant, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=William Kennon Mayo|nick=William K. Mayo|appt=1 July, 1882{{USOfficerReg1882|p. 8}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=William Kennon Mayo|nick=William K. Mayo|appt=1 July, 1882{{USOfficerReg1882|p. 8}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=George Brown|nick=George Brown|appt=12 March, 1886{{USOfficerReg1889|p. 4, 147}}|end=31 December, 1889{{USOfficerReg1890|p. 147}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=Aaron Ward Weaver|nick=Aaron W. Weaver|appt=9 January, 1890{{USOfficerReg1892|p. 4}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=Aaron Ward Weaver|nick=Aaron W. Weaver|appt=9 January, 1890{{USOfficerReg1892|p. 4}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=George Brown|nick=George Brown|appt=29 July, 1893{{USOfficerReg1896| | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=George Brown|nick=George Brown|appt=29 July, 1893{{USOfficerReg1896|pp. 4-5}}|end=April 1897{{HamerslyRecords6|p. 32}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=Norman von Heldreich Farquhar|nick=Norman H. Farquhar|appt=1 June, 1897{{USList&Station1898|p. 4}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=Norman von Heldreich Farquhar|nick=Norman H. Farquhar|appt=1 June, 1897{{USList&Station1898|p. 4}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Charles Stanhope Cotton|nick=Charles S. Cotton|appt=16 July, 1900{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 6}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Charles Stanhope Cotton|nick=Charles S. Cotton|appt=16 July, 1900{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 6}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Purnell Frederick Harrington|nick=Purnell F. Harrington|appt=1 April, 1903{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 6}}|end=7 July, 1906{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 6}}{{INF}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Purnell Frederick Harrington|nick=Purnell F. Harrington|appt=1 April, 1903{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 6}}|end=7 July, 1906{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 6}}{{INF}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Robert Mallory Berry|nick=Robert M. Berry|appt=7 July, 1906{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 6}}|note=also [[ | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Robert Mallory Berry|nick=Robert M. Berry|appt=7 July, 1906{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 6}}|note=also Commandant, [[Fifth Naval District]]}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Edward David Taussig|nick=Edward D. Taussig|appt=27 December, 1907{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 6}}|note=also [[ | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Edward David Taussig|nick=Edward D. Taussig|appt=27 December, 1907{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 6}}|note=also Commandant, [[Fifth Naval District]]}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=William Alexander Marshall|nick=William A. Marshall|appt=20 November, 1909{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 6}}|end=after 1 January, 1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 6}}|note=also Commandant | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=William Alexander Marshall|nick=William A. Marshall|appt=20 November, 1909{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 6}}|end=after 1 January, 1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 6}}|note=also Commandant, [[Fifth Naval District]]}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Robert Morris Doyle|nick=Robert M. Doyle|appt=1 November, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 10}}|end=after 1 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 8}}|note=also Commandant, [[Fifth Naval District]]}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Nathaniel Reilly Usher|nick=Nathaniel R. Usher|appt=1 December, 1913{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 8}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Nathaniel Reilly Usher|nick=Nathaniel R. Usher|appt=1 December, 1913{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 8}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Frank Edmund Beatty|nick=Frank E. Beatty|appt=c. early 1915{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 8}}|end=2 November, 1915{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 8}}{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 8}}{{INF}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Walter McLean|nick=Walter McLean|appt=25 November, 1915{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 8}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Walter McLean|nick=Walter McLean|appt=25 November, 1915{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 8}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Augustus Francis Fechteler|nick=Augustus F. Fechteler|appt=5 February, 1918{{USOfficerReg1919|pp. 10-11}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Guy Hamilton Burrage|nick=Guy H. Burrage|appt=14 November, 1919{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 10-11}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Guy Hamilton Burrage|nick=Guy H. Burrage|appt=14 November, 1919{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 10-11}}}} | ||
{{ | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Philip Andrews|nick=Philip Andrews|appt=30 June, 1921{{USOfficerReg1922|pp. 10-11}}|end=c. May, 1923}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Henry Joseph Ziegemeier|nick=Henry J. Ziegemeier|appt=6 June, 1923{{USOfficerReg1924|pp. 12-13}}}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeCom> | </div name=fredbot:officeCom> | ||
==Aides to Commandant== | ==Aides to Commandant== | ||
Dates of appointment given: | Dates of appointment given: | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeACom otitle="Aide to Commandant, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US"> | <div name=fredbot:officeACom otitle="Aide to Commandant, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Duncan Mahon Wood|nick=Duncan M. Wood|appt=29 October, 1915{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 16}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Duncan Mahon Wood|nick=Duncan M. Wood|appt=29 October, 1915{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 16}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Christopher Catron | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Christopher Catron Fewel|nick=Christopher C. Fewel|appt=16 October, 1916{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 14}}}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeACom> | </div name=fredbot:officeACom> | ||
==Captains of the Yard== | ==Captains of the Yard== | ||
Dates of appointment given: | Dates of appointment given: | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCap otitle="Captain | <div name=fredbot:officeCap otitle="Captain, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Bartlett James Cromwell|nick=Bartlett J. Cromwell|appt=29 October, 1891{{USOfficerReg1892|p. 6}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Bartlett James Cromwell|nick=Bartlett J. Cromwell|appt=29 October, 1891{{USOfficerReg1892|p. 6}}|end=October 1894<ref name=usna>[https://www.usna.edu/Library/sca/man-findingaids/view.php?f=MS_330 USNA Finding Aid for his papers].</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Alexander Hugh McCormick|nick=Alexander H. McCormick|appt=29 October, 1894{{USOfficerReg1896|p. 6}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Alexander Hugh McCormick|nick=Alexander H. McCormick|appt=29 October, 1894{{USOfficerReg1896|p. 6}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William Clinton Wise|nick=William C. Wise|appt=1 November, 1897{{USOfficerReg1898|p. 6}}|end=April 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 5}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William Clinton Wise|nick=William C. Wise|appt=1 November, 1897{{USOfficerReg1898|p. 6}}|end=April 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 5}}}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Joseph Edgar Craig|nick=Joseph E. Craig|appt=30 December, 1902{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 8}}|end=1 June, 1904{{INF}}{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 8}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Joseph Edgar Craig|nick=Joseph E. Craig|appt=30 December, 1902{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 8}}|end=1 June, 1904{{INF}}{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 8}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Joseph Newton Hemphill|nick=Joseph N. Hemphill|appt=1 June, 1904{{USOfficerReg1905|p. 8}}|end=11 April, 1905{{INF}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Joseph Newton Hemphill|nick=Joseph N. Hemphill|appt=1 June, 1904{{USOfficerReg1905|p. 8}}|end=11 April, 1905{{INF}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Albion Varette Wadhams|nick=Albion V. Wadhams|appt=11 April, 1905{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 8}}|end=17 | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Albion Varette Wadhams|nick=Albion V. Wadhams|appt=11 April, 1905{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 8}}|end=17 July, 1907{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 8}}{{INF}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Daniel Delehanty Vincent Stuart|nick=Daniel D. V. Stuart|appt=17 July, 1907{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 8}}|end=after 1 January, 1909{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 8}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Daniel Delehanty Vincent Stuart|nick=Daniel D. V. Stuart|appt=17 July, 1907{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 8}}|end=after 1 January, 1909{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 8}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=James Phillips Parker|nick=James P. Parker|appt=24 August, 1909{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 10}}|end=after 1 January, | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=James Phillips Parker|nick=James P. Parker|appt=24 August, 1909{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 10}}|end=1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 10}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 16}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John Bryson Patton|nick=John B. Patton|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 16}}{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 10}}|end=after 1 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 14}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Louis Rudolph de Steiguer|nick=Louis R. de Steiguer|appt=20 July, 1913{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 14}}|end=after 1 January, 1915{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 14}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Louis Rudolph de Steiguer|nick=Louis R. de Steiguer|appt=20 July, 1913{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 14}}|end=after 1 January, 1915{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 14}}}} | ||
{{ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Clarence Selby Kempff|nick=Clarence S. Kempff|appt=1 June, 1923{{USOfficerReg1925|pp. 14-15}}|end=after 1 January, 1925{{USOfficerReg1925|pp. 14-15}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Harlan Page Perrill|nick=Harlan P. Perrill|appt=3 June, 1927{{USOfficerReg1928|pp. 12-13}}|end=}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeCap> | </div name=fredbot:officeCap> | ||
==Navigation Officers== | ==Navigation Officers== | ||
Dates of appointment given: | Dates of appointment given: | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeNav otitle="Navigation Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US"> | <div name=fredbot:officeNav otitle="Navigation Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=William Turnbull Burwell|nick=William T. Burwell|appt=28 March, 1889{{USOfficerReg1890|p. 12}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=William Turnbull Burwell|nick=William T. Burwell|appt=28 March, 1889{{USOfficerReg1890|p. 12}}}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCap> | </div name=fredbot:officeCap> | ||
==Engineer Officers== | ==Engineer Officers== | ||
Dates of appointment given: | Dates of appointment given: | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeEng otitle="Engineer Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US"> | <div name=fredbot:officeEng otitle="Engineer Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Albert Bower Willits|nick=Albert B. Willits|appt=17 December, 1904{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 14}}|end=25 April, 1908{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 12}}{{INF}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Albert Bower Willits|nick=Albert B. Willits|appt=17 December, 1904{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 14}}|end=25 April, 1908{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 12}}{{INF}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Thomas Wright Kinkaid|nick=Thomas W. Kinkaid|appt=25 April, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 14}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Thomas Wright Kinkaid|nick=Thomas W. Kinkaid|appt=25 April, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 14}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Stanford Elwood Moses|nick=Stanford E. Moses|appt=5 October, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 20}}|end=3 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 20}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Henry Ellis Lackey|nick=Henry E. Lackey|appt=3 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 20}}|end=after 1 January, 1915{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 20}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Henry Ellis Lackey|nick=Henry E. Lackey|appt=3 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 20}}|end=after 1 January, 1915{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 20}}}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeEng> | </div name=fredbot:officeEng> | ||
==Ordnance Officers== | ==Ordnance Officers== | ||
Dates of appointment given: | Dates of appointment given: | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeOrd otitle="Ordnance Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US"> | <div name=fredbot:officeOrd otitle="Ordnance Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Oliver Ambrose Batcheller|nick=Oliver A. Batcheller|appt=10 May, 1889{{USOfficerReg1890|p. 8}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Oliver Ambrose Batcheller|nick=Oliver A. Batcheller|appt=10 May, 1889{{USOfficerReg1890|p. 8}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Chapman Coleman Todd|nick=Chapman C. Todd|appt=31 January, 1893{{USOfficerReg1896|p. 10}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Chapman Coleman Todd|nick=Chapman C. Todd|appt=31 January, 1893{{USOfficerReg1896|p. 10}}}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Isaac Knight Seymour|nick=Isaac K. Seymour|appt=14 November, 1907{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 18}}|end=7 March, 1908{{INF}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Isaac Knight Seymour|nick=Isaac K. Seymour|appt=14 November, 1907{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 18}}|end=7 March, 1908{{INF}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Reuben Oscar Bitler|nick=Reuben O. Bitler|appt=7 March, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 14}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Reuben Oscar Bitler|nick=Reuben O. Bitler|appt=7 March, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 14}}}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeOrd> | </div name=fredbot:officeOrd> | ||
==Equipment Officers== | ==Equipment Officers== | ||
Dates of appointment given: | Dates of appointment given: | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeEq otitle="Equipment Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US"> | <div name=fredbot:officeEq otitle="Equipment Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Clinton Wise|nick=William C. Wise|appt=10 April, 1889{{USOfficerReg1890|p. 8}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Clinton Wise|nick=William C. Wise|appt=10 April, 1889{{USOfficerReg1890|p. 8}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Richard Phillips Leary|nick=Richard P. Leary|appt=23 September, 1890{{USOfficerReg1891|p. 8}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Richard Phillips Leary|nick=Richard P. Leary|appt=23 September, 1890{{USOfficerReg1891|p. 8}}}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John Emil Roller|nick=John E. Roller|appt=20 January, 1903{{USOfficerReg1905|p. 12}}|end=after 1 January, 1905{{USOfficerReg1905|p. 12}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John Emil Roller|nick=John E. Roller|appt=20 January, 1903{{USOfficerReg1905|p. 12}}|end=after 1 January, 1905{{USOfficerReg1905|p. 12}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John Gardner Quinby|nick=John G. Quinby|appt=12 February, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 12}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John Gardner Quinby|nick=John G. Quinby|appt=12 February, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 12}}}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeEq> | </div name=fredbot:officeEq> | ||
==Inspection Officers== | ==Inspection Officers== | ||
Dates of appointment given: | Dates of appointment given: | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeInsp otitle="Inspection Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US"> | <div name=fredbot:officeInsp otitle="Inspection Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=William Scott Whitted|nick=William S. Whitted|appt=7 May, 1909{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 20}}|end=after 1 January, | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=William Scott Whitted|nick=William S. Whitted|appt=7 May, 1909{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 20}}|end=17 April, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 22}}{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 20}}{{INF}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Thomas Drayton Parker|nick=Thomas D. Parker|appt=17 April, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 22}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 22}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Charles Jonas Lang|nick=Charles J. Lang|appt=1914{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 16}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Charles Jonas Lang|nick=Charles J. Lang|appt=1914{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 16}}}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeInsp> | </div name=fredbot:officeInsp> | ||
Latest revision as of 02:33, 14 April 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 George Brown, 12 March, 1886[2] – 31 December, 1889[3]
- Commodore Aaron W. Weaver, 9 January, 1890[4]
- Rear Admiral George Brown, 29 July, 1893[5] – April 1897[6]
- Commodore Norman H. Farquhar, 1 June, 1897[7]
- Rear Admiral Charles S. Cotton, 16 July, 1900[8]
- Rear Admiral Purnell F. Harrington, 1 April, 1903[9] – 7 July, 1906[10][Inference]
- Rear Admiral Robert M. Berry, 7 July, 1906[11] (also Commandant, Fifth Naval District)
- Rear Admiral Edward D. Taussig, 27 December, 1907[12] (also Commandant, Fifth Naval District)
- Rear Admiral William A. Marshall, 20 November, 1909[13] – after 1 January, 1911[14] (also Commandant, Fifth Naval District)
- Rear Admiral Robert M. Doyle, 1 November, 1911[15] – after 1 January, 1913[16] (also Commandant, Fifth Naval District)
- Rear Admiral Nathaniel R. Usher, 1 December, 1913[17]
- Rear Admiral Frank E. Beatty, c. early 1915[18] – 2 November, 1915[19][20][Inference]
- Rear Admiral Walter McLean, 25 November, 1915[21]
- Rear Admiral Augustus F. Fechteler, 5 February, 1918[22]
- Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage, 14 November, 1919[23]
- Rear Admiral Philip Andrews, 30 June, 1921[24] – c. May, 1923
- Rear Admiral Henry J. Ziegemeier, 6 June, 1923[25]
Aides to Commandant
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Duncan M. Wood, 29 October, 1915[26]
- Commander Christopher C. Fewel, 16 October, 1916[27]
Captains of the Yard
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Bartlett J. Cromwell, 29 October, 1891[28] – October 1894[29]
- Captain Alexander H. McCormick, 29 October, 1894[30]
- Captain William C. Wise, 1 November, 1897[31] – April 1898[32]
- Captain (Retired) Joshua Bishop, 28 April, 1898[33]
- Captain Bowman H. McCalla, 15 October, 1898[34] – 1 September, 1899[35]
- Captain Eugene W. Watson, 14 November, 1899[36]
- Captain Joseph E. Craig, 30 December, 1902[37] – 1 June, 1904[Inference][38]
- Captain Joseph N. Hemphill, 1 June, 1904[39] – 11 April, 1905[Inference]
- Captain Albion V. Wadhams, 11 April, 1905[40] – 17 July, 1907[41][Inference]
- Captain Daniel D. V. Stuart, 17 July, 1907[42] – after 1 January, 1909[43]
- Captain James P. Parker, 24 August, 1909[44] – 1911[45][46]
- Commander John B. Patton, 1911[47][48] – after 1 January, 1913[49]
- Commander Louis R. de Steiguer, 20 July, 1913[50] – after 1 January, 1915[51]
- Captain Clarence S. Kempff, 1 June, 1923[52] – after 1 January, 1925[53]
- Captain Harlan P. Perrill, 3 June, 1927[54]
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant Commander William T. Burwell, 28 March, 1889[55]
Engineer Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Albert B. Willits, 17 December, 1904[56] – 25 April, 1908[57][Inference]
- Commander Thomas W. Kinkaid, 25 April, 1908[58]
- Lieutenant Commander Stanford E. Moses, 5 October, 1911[59] – 3 January, 1912[60]
- Lieutenant Commander Henry E. Lackey, 3 January, 1912[61] – after 1 January, 1915[62]
Ordnance Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Oliver A. Batcheller, 10 May, 1889[63]
- Commander Chapman C. Todd, 31 January, 1893[64]
- Commander George E. Ide, 24 November, 1896[65] – April 1898[66]
- Commander William H. Everett, 5 August, 1902[67] – 10 December, 1903[Inference]
- Commander Clinton K. Curtis, 10 December, 1903[68]
- Commander Dennis H. Mahan, 2 January, 1905[69] – 14 November, 1907[Fact Check]
- Lieutenant Commander Isaac K. Seymour, 14 November, 1907[70] – 7 March, 1908[Inference]
- Commander Reuben O. Bitler, 7 March, 1908[71]
Equipment Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander William C. Wise, 10 April, 1889[72]
- Commander Richard P. Leary, 23 September, 1890[73]
- Commander James G. Green, 16 December, 1895[74]
- Commander William W. Mead, 11 May, 1896[75] – June 1898[76]
- Commander Clinton K. Curtis, 12 November, 1901[77] – 20 January, 1903[Inference]
- Commander John E. Roller, 20 January, 1903[78] – after 1 January, 1905[79]
- Commander John G. Quinby, 12 February, 1908[80]
Inspection Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant Commander William S. Whitted, 7 May, 1909[81] – 17 April, 1911[82][83][Inference]
- Lieutenant Commander Thomas D. Parker, 17 April, 1911[84] – after 1 January, 1912[85]
- Commander Charles J. Lang, 1914[86]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1882. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1889. p. 4, 147.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 147.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. pp. 4-5.
- ↑ 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, 1922. 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.
- ↑ USNA Finding Aid for his papers.
- ↑ 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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