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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Albion Varette Wadhams|nick=Albion V. Wadhams|appt=5 November, 1903{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 10}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Albion Varette Wadhams|nick=Albion V. Wadhams|appt=5 November, 1903{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 10}}}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Herbert Omar Dunn|nick=Herbert O. Dunn|appt=2 June, 1906{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 14}}|end=1907 | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Herbert Omar Dunn|nick=Herbert O. Dunn|appt=2 June, 1906{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 14}}|end=July, 1907<ref>''Washington Post'' 17 Jul, 1907 p. 4.</ref>}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Albert Ammerman Ackerman|nick=Albert A. Ackerman|appt=1907{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 14}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Albert Ammerman Ackerman|nick=Albert A. Ackerman|appt=1907{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 14}}<ref>''Washington Post'' 17 Jul, 1907 p. 4.</ref>|end=22 February, 1909{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 14}}{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 14}}{{INF}}}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Edward Taylor Witherspoon|nick=Edward T. Witherspoon|appt=22 February, 1909{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 14}}|end=1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 14}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}{{INF}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Edward Taylor Witherspoon|nick=Edward T. Witherspoon|appt=22 February, 1909{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 14}}|end=1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 14}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}{{INF}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Henry Francis Bryan|nick=Henry F. Bryan|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 14}}|end=27 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 14}}{{INF}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Henry Francis Bryan|nick=Henry F. Bryan|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 14}}|end=27 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 14}}{{INF}}}} |
Latest revision as of 02:10, 31 January 2022
U.S.S. Prairie (1890) | |
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Hull Number: | AD-5 |
Builder: | William Cramp & Sons[1] |
Purchased: | 6 Apr, 1898[2] |
Launched: | 27 Sep, 1890[3] |
Commissioned: | 14 Apr, 1898[4] |
Decommissioned: | 22 Nov, 1922[5] |
Sold: | 22 Jun, 1923[6] |
Fate: | Broken up |
U.S.S. Prairie was one of five Prairie Class auxiliary cruisers acquired and converted for use by the U.S. Navy.
Service
Prairie was purchased by the Navy on 6 April, 1898 from the Southern Pacific Company, and commissioned on 8 April with Commander Charles J. Train in command.
Captains
- Commander Charles J. Train, 19 April, 1898[7]
- Commander Morris R. S. Mackenzie, before 1 January, 1900[8]
- Captain Albion V. Wadhams, 5 November, 1903[9]
- Commander Herbert O. Dunn, 2 June, 1906[10] – July, 1907[11]
- Commander Albert A. Ackerman, 1907[12][13] – 22 February, 1909[14][15][Inference]
- Commander Edward T. Witherspoon, 22 February, 1909[16] – 1911[17][18][Inference]
- Commander Henry F. Bryan, 1911[19][20] – 27 January, 1912[21][22][Inference]
- Commander Archibald H. Scales, 27 January, 1912[23] – 17 June, 1913[24][25][Inference]
- Lieutenant Macgillivray Milne, 17 June, 1913[26]
- Commander Walter S. Crosley, 10 July, 1914[27]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 168.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 31.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 31.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 31.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 32.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 31.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 14.
- ↑ Washington Post 17 Jul, 1907 p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 14.
- ↑ Washington Post 17 Jul, 1907 p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 28.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 28.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 14.
Bibliography
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