Atlantic Torpedo Fleet
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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* | |||||||||
Fleet Commanders
- Lieutenant Commander George W. Williams, 8 May, 1911[2][3][Inference]
- Commander Edward W. Eberle, 8 May, 1911[4] – after 1 January, 1912[5]
Seventh Division Commanders
- Lieutenant Commander George C. Day, before 1 January, 1911[6] – 1911[7][8]
- Lieutenant Commander John S. Doddridge, 1911[9][10] – after 1 January, 1912[11]
Tenth Division Commanders
- Lieutenant Commander John McC. Luby, 1911[12] – after 1 January, 1912[13]
First Submarine Division Commanders
- Ensign Alfred H. Miles, before 1 January, 1911[14]
Third Submarine Division Commanders
Footnotes
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 235-236.
- ↑ 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, 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. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 46.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 30. Formation is new that year..
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