New York Navy Yard
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Jump to navigationJump to searchThe United States Navy Yard, New York, also known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard or the New York Naval Shipyard, is located on the East River.
It covered over 200 acres at the height of its production of U.S. Navy warships.
Shipbuilding
Ship | Type | Launched | Fate |
U.S.S. Iroquois | sloop | 12 Apr, 1859 | Wrecked 26 Aug, 1910 |
U.S.S. Lackawanna | screw sloop | 9 Aug, 1862 | Sold 30 Jul, 1887 |
U.S.S. Ticonderoga | screw sloop | 16 Oct, 1862 | Sold 30 Jul, 1887 |
U.S.S. Nyack | gunboat | 6 Oct, 1863 | Sold 30 Nov, 1883 |
U.S.S. Florida | screw frigate | 15 Dec, 1864 | Sold 27 Feb, 1885 |
U.S.S. Tennessee | screw frigate | 8 Jul, 1865 | Sold 15 Sep, 1886 |
U.S.S. Plymouth | screw sloops | 8 Aug, 1868 | Broken up 1884 |
U.S.S. Swatara | screw sloop | 17 Sep, 1873 | Sold 2 Nov, 1896 |
U.S.S. Alarm | torpedo ram | 13 Nov, 1873 | 28 Feb, 1898 |
U.S.S. Trenton | screw frigate | 1 Jan, 1876 | Wrecked 16 Mar, 1889 |
U.S.S. Maine | pre-dreadnought | 18 Nov, 1890 | Exploded 15 Feb, 1898 |
U.S.S. Cincinnati | protected cruiser | 10 Nov, 1892 | Sold 4 Aug, 1921 |
U.S.S. Connecticut | pre-dreadnought | 29 Sep, 1904 | Sold 1923 |
U.S.S. Vestal | repair ship | 9 May, 1908 | Sold 28 Jul, 1950 |
U.S.S. Florida | dreadnought | 12 May, 1910 | Scrapped 30 Sep, 1932 |
U.S.S. New York | dreadnought | 30 Oct, 1912 | Expended 8 Jul, 1948 |
U.S.S. Arizona | dreadnought | 19 Jun, 1915 | Sunk 7 Dec, 1941 |
U.S.S. New Mexico | dreadnought | 23 Apr, 1917 | Scrapped 9 Nov, 1947 |
U.S.S. Tennessee | dreadnought | 30 Apr, 1919 | Sold Jul, 1959 |
Commandants
Dates of appointment given:
- Commodore John H. Upshur, 1 April, 1882[1]
- Rear Admiral Daniel L. Braine, 14 November, 1889[2]
- Captain Henry Erben, 20 May, 1891[3]
- Commodore Montgomery Sicard, 22 November, 1894[4]
- Commodore Francis M. Bunce, 1 May, 1897[5]
- Commodore John W. Philip, 14 January, 1899
- Rear Admiral Albert S. Barker, 17 July, 1900[6]
- Rear Admiral Frederick Rodgers, 21 March, 1903[7]
- Rear Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan, 3 October, 1904[8] – 9 December, 1906[9]
- Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich, 1 June, 1907[10] – 15 May, 1909[11][Inference]
- Captain Joseph B. Murdock, 15 May, 1909
- Rear Admiral Eugene H. C. Leutze, 21 March, 1910
- Captain Albert Gleaves, 17 May, 1912[12] – after 1 January, 1914[13] (also Commandant, Third Naval District)
- Rear Admiral Nathaniel R. Usher, 28 September, 1914[14] – after 1 January, 1917[15]
- Rear Admiral John D. McDonald, 23 February, 1918[16]
- Rear Admiral Carl T. Vogelgesang, 1 July, 1921
- Rear Admiral Charles P. Plunkett, 27 November, 1922[17] (also Commandant, Third Naval District)
- Captain Frank Lyon, 16 February, 1928
Aides to Commandant
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Benjamin F. Hutchison, 13 January, 1914[18]
- Lieutenant Commander Ralph P. Craft, 1915[19]
- Commander Frank B. Upham, 5 June, 1915[20]
Captains of the Yard
- Captain George W. Sumner, 20 July, 1897[21]
- Captain Frank Wildes, 1 April, 1899[22]
- Captain Purnell F. Harrington, 20 May, 1902[23]
- Captain Thomas Perry, 11 May, 1903[24]
- Captain Joseph N. Hemphill, 1 June, 1904[25]
- Captain William H. Reeder, 15 September, 1906[26]
- Captain Ten Eyck De Witt Veeder, 18 November, 1908[27]
- Commander Louis S. Van Duzer, 20 July, 1910[28] – after 1 January, 1913[29]
Engineer Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain George H. Kearny, 5 June, 1905[30]
- Commander Reynold T. Hall, 18 December, 1906[31] – 26 September, 1908[32][Inference]
- Captain Wythe M. Parks, 26 September, 1908[33]
- Captain George E. Burd, 26 May, 1910[34] – 1914[35][36]
- Lieutenant Commander Louis C. Richardson, 1914[37][38] – 3 August, 1915[39][Inference]
- Commander Earl P. Jessop, 3 August, 1915[40]
Ordnance Officers
- Commander William Swift, 20 July, 1897[41]
- Commander John B. Briggs, 26 February, 1901[42]
- Commander Karl Rohrer, 10 April, 1903[43] – 28 July, 1906[44][Inference]
- Captain Greenlief A. Merriam, 28 July, 1906[45] – 13 June, 1907[Inference]
- Captain Henry Morrell, 13 June, 1907[46]
Equipment Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Theodore F. Kane, 1 October, 1889[47]
- Captain George W. Sumner, 1 October, 1890[48]
- Lieutenant Commander William C. Gibson, 3 June, 1891[49]
- Commander Charles S. Sperry, 2 July, 1895[50]
- Captain Raymond P. Rodgers, 1 May, 1901[51]
- Commander Aaron Ward, 27 February, 1905[52]
- Commander Harry George, 20 April, 1907[53] – after 1 January, 1909[54]
Inspection Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant Commander Frank H. Clark, Jr., 24 May, 1910[55] – 24 August, 1911[56][57][Inference]
- Lieutenant Commander Wat T. Cluverius, 24 August, 1911[58] – after 1 January, 1914[59]
Industrial Managers
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear Admiral George E. Burd, 26 May, 1910[60] – after 1 January, 1917[61]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1882. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1891. p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 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. 177. Retired on that date.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 10-11.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 10-11.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 24.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 22.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 22.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 8.
Bibliography