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The '''Asiatic Fleet''' was an American naval force created in 1902, replacing the thirty-four year old[[Asiatic Squadron]].
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The '''Asiatic Fleet''' was an American naval force created in 1902, replacing the thirty-four year old [[Asiatic Squadron]].  It existed until 1907 when it was disestablished until being reformed in 1910.  It operated thereafter until 1941.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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The Yangtze Patrol was established as an element of the Asiatic Fleet, to protect US interests along the Yangtze River and nearby areas. It was usually commanded by the de facto second in command of the fleet.
  
 
==Commanders-in-Chief==
 
==Commanders-in-Chief==
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This data is largely from Wikipedia.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Asiatic_Fleet#Commanders-in-Chief,_Asiatic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>
  
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCiC otitle="Commander-in-Chief, Asiatic Fleet" nat="US">
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCiC otitle="Commander-in-Chief, Asiatic Fleet" nat="US">
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* {{RearUS}} [[Robley Dunglison Evans|Robley D. Evans]], 29 October, 1902|end=21 March, 1904|precBy=[[Frederick Rogers]] as Commander, [[Asiatic Squadron]]
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Robley Dunglison Evans|nick=Robley D. Evans|appt=29 October, 1902|precBy=[[Frederick Rodgers|Frederick Rodgers]] as CinC, [[Asiatic Squadron]]}}
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* {{RearUS}} [[Philip Henry Cooper|Philip H. Cooper]], 21 March, 1904|end=11 July, 1904
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Philip Henry Cooper|nick=Philip H. Cooper|appt=21 March, 1904}}
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* {{RearUS}} [[Yates Stirling]], 11 July, 1904|end=23 March, 1905
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Yates Stirling|nick=Yates Stirling|appt=11 July, 1904}}
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* {{RearUS}} [[William Mayhew Folger|William M. Folger]], 23 March, 1905|end=30 March, 1905
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=William Mayhew Folger|nick=William M. Folger|appt=23 March, 1905}}
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* {{RearUS}} [[Charles Jackson Train|Charles J. Train]], 30 March, 1905|end=4 August, 1906
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Charles Jackson Train|nick=Charles J. Train|appt=30 March, 1905}}
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* {{RearUS}} [[Willard Herbert Brownson|Willard H. Brownson]], 15 October, 1906|end=31 March, 1907|succBy=Renamed [[First Squadron, U.S. Pacific Fleet]]
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Willard Herbert Brownson|nick=Willard H. Brownson|appt=15 October, 1906}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Walter Cleveland Cowles|nick=Walter C. Cowles|appt=1 April, 1907|end=August, 1908|succBy=Formation Disestablished until 1910}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=John Hubbard|nick=John Hubbard|appt=19 February, 1910|end=16 May, 1911|precBy=Re-established Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Joseph Ballard Murdock|nick=Joseph B. Murdock|appt=16 May, 1911|end=24 July, 1912}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Reginald Fairfax Nicholson|nick=Reginald F. Nicholson|appt=24 July, 1912|end=3 May, 1914}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Walter Cleveland Cowles|nick=Walter C. Cowles|appt=3 May, 1914|end=9 July, 1915}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Albert Gustavus Winterhalter|nick=Albert G. Winterhalter|appt=9 July, 1915|end=4 April, 1917}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Austin Melvin Knight|nick=Austin M. Knight|appt=4 April, 1917|end=7 December, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceUS}}|name=William Ledyard Rodgers|nick=William L. Rodgers|appt=7 December, 1918|end=1 September, 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmUS}}|name=Albert Gleaves|nick=Albert Gleaves|appt=1 September, 1919|end=4 February, 1921}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmUS}}|name=Joseph Strauss|nick=Joseph Strauss|appt=4 February, 1921|end=28 August, 1922}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmUS}}|name=Edwin Alexander Anderson|nick=Edwin A. Anderson, Jr.|appt=28 August, 1922|end=11 October, 1923}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmUS}}|name=Thomas Washington|nick=Thomas Washington|appt=11 October, 1923|end=14 October, 1925}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmUS}}|name=Clarence Stewart Williams|nick=Clarence S. Williams|appt=14 October, 1925|end=9 September, 1927}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmUS}}|name=Mark Lambert Bristol|nick=Mark L. Bristol|appt=9 September, 1927|end=9 September, 1929}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmUS}}|name=Charles Butler McVay, Jr.|nick=Charles B. McVay, Jr.|appt=9 September, 1929|end=1 September, 1931}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmUS}}|name=Montgomery Meigs Taylor|nick=Montgomery M. Taylor|appt=1 September, 1931|end=18 August, 1933}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmUS}}|name=Frank Brooks Upham|nick=Frank B. Upham|appt=18 August, 1933|end=4 October, 1935}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmUS}}|name=Orin Gould Murfin|nick=Orin G. Murfin|appt=4 October, 1935|end=30 October, 1936}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmUS}}|name=Harry Ervin Yarnell|nick=Harry E. Yarnell|appt=30 October, 1936|end=25 July, 1939}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmUS}}|name=Thomas Charles Hart|nick=Thomas C. Hart|appt=25 July, 1939|end=14 February, 1942|succBy=Command Dissolved}}
 
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==Yangtze Patrol Commanders==
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==Seconds-in-Command==
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<div name=fredbot:officeYangPat otitle="Commander, Yangtze Patrol" nat="US">
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<div name=fredbot:officeSiC otitle="Second-in-Command, Asiatic Fleet" nat="US">
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=William Henry Allen|nick=William H. Allen|appt=4 August, 1935{{USOfficerReg1936|pp. 16-17}}|end=May, 1937{{USOfficerReg1937|pp. 16-17}}}}
 
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==Chiefs of the Staff==
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==Chiefs of Staff==
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCoS otitle="Chief of Staff, Asiatic Fleet" nat="US">
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCoS otitle="Chief of Staff, Asiatic Fleet" nat="US">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Adelbert Althouse|nick=Adelbert Althouse|appt=before 1 March, 1918<ref>''Navy Directory'' 1 March, 1918 p. 5</ref>|end=March, 1919{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 12-13}}{{INF}}}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Latest revision as of 13:03, 12 February 2022

The Asiatic Fleet was an American naval force created in 1902, replacing the thirty-four year old Asiatic Squadron. It existed until 1907 when it was disestablished until being reformed in 1910. It operated thereafter until 1941.

History

The Yangtze Patrol was established as an element of the Asiatic Fleet, to protect US interests along the Yangtze River and nearby areas. It was usually commanded by the de facto second in command of the fleet.

Commanders-in-Chief

This data is largely from Wikipedia.[1]

Yangtze Patrol Commanders

Chiefs of Staff

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Wikipedia.
  2. ↑ Register of Officers, 1936. pp. 16-17.
  3. ↑ Register of Officers, 1937. pp. 16-17.
  4. ↑ Navy Directory 1 March, 1918 p. 5
  5. ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 12-13.

Bibliography

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