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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Salem''''' was one of | |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Salem''''' was one of three [[Chester Class Cruiser (1907)|''Chester'' class light cruisers]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]]. | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
She commissioned on 1 August, 1908 with Commander [[Albert Lenoir Key|Albert L. Key]] in command. | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Albert Lenoir Key|nick=Albert L. Key|appt=1 August, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 14}}|end=12 November, 1909{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 14}}{{INF}}|precBy=New Command}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=George Robert Evans|nick=George R. Evans|appt=12 November, 1909{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 14}}|end=7 November, 1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 14}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}{{INF}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Lloyd Horwitz Chandler|nick=Lloyd H. Chandler|appt=7 November, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Leigh Carlyle Palmer|nick=Leigh C. Palmer|appt=25 August, 1913{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 20}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Harley Hannibal Christy|nick=Harley H. Christy|appt=1914{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 14}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Hayne Ellis|nick=Hayne Ellis|appt=2 April, 1919{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 16-17}}}} | |||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:41, 4 November 2015
| U.S.S. Salem (1907) | |
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| Hull Number: | CL-3 |
| Builder: | Fore River[1] |
| Ordered: | Act of 27 Apr, 1904[2] |
| Laid down: | 28 Aug, 1905[3] |
| Launched: | 27 Jul, 1907[4] |
| Commissioned: | 1 Aug, 1908[5] |
| Decommissioned: | 16 Aug, 1921[6] |
| Stricken: | 13 Nov, 1929[7] |
| Sold: | 11 Feb, 1930[8] |
U.S.S. Salem was one of three Chester class light cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy.
Service
She commissioned on 1 August, 1908 with Commander Albert L. Key in command.
Captains
- Commander Albert L. Key, 1 August, 1908[9] – 12 November, 1909[10][Inference]
- Commander George R. Evans, 12 November, 1909[11] – 7 November, 1911[12][13][Inference]
- Commander Lloyd H. Chandler, 7 November, 1911[14] – after 1 January, 1912[15]
- Lieutenant Commander Leigh C. Palmer, 25 August, 1913[16]
- Commander Harley H. Christy, 1914[17]
- Captain Hayne Ellis, 2 April, 1919[18]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 155.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
- ↑ 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, 1912. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 16-17.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
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