Mare Island Navy Yard
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The Mare Island Navy Yard was a U.S. naval shipyard located northeast of San Francisco. It was the first American naval base in the Pacific, established in the 1850s.
Shipbuilding
Commandants
Dates of appointment given:
- Commodore Edward R. Colhoun, 17 April, 1877[1]
- Commodore Thomas S. Phelps, 15 January, 1881[2]
- Commodore John H. Russell, before 15 January, 1884[3]
- Commodore George E. Belknap, 15 June, 1886[4]
- Rear Admiral Andrew E. K. Benham, 21 November, 1888[5]
- Rear Admiral John Irwin, 9 June, 1891[6]
- Captain Henry L. Howison, 17 July, 1893[7]
- Rear Admiral William A. Kirkland, 1 June, 1896[8] – 15 May, 1899[9][Inference]
- Rear Admiral Louis Kempff, 15 May, 1899[10]
- Rear Admiral Bowman H. McCalla, 11 July, 1903[11] – 4 July, 1906[12][Inference]
- Rear Admiral Henry W. Lyon, 4 July, 1906[13]
- Captain Frank M. Bennett, 15 January, 1913[14] – after 1 January, 1917[15]
- Captain Edward L. Beach, 30 January, 1919[16]
Aides to Commandant
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant Commander Ralph E. Pope, 23 April, 1914[17]
- Commander Joseph M. Reeves, 10 May, 1916[18]
Captains of the Yard
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain J. Crittenden Watson, 20 July, 1890[19]
- Captain Francis J. Higginson, 21 July, 1894[20]
- Captain Henry Glass, 6 April, 1897[21] – April 1898[22]
- Commander (Retired) John J. Brice, 26 April, 1898[23]
- Captain William W. Mead, 26 June, 1899[24]
- Captain Alexander McCrackin, 6 January, 1906[25][26]
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant William E. Sewell, 22 July, 1887[27]
Inspection Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant Commander John S. Graham, 20 July, 1914[28]
Ordnance Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant Commander Frederick M. Symonds, 11 June, 1894[29]
- Lieutenant Commander Franklin J. Drake, 4 October, 1897[30]
- Commander Edmund B. Underwood, 16 March, 1905[31] – after 1 January, 1908[32]
Equipment Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Thomas Nelson, 1 November, 1888[33]
- Commander Bowman H. McCalla, 4 October, 1893[34]
- Lieutenant Commander Charles G. Bowman, 3 June, 1897[35]
- Commander Charles B. T. Moore, 1 October, 1901[36]
- Commander Henry C. Gearing, 1 November, 1904[37] – after 1 January, 1907[38]
Engineer Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander George B. Ransom, 8 August, 1904[39] – 18 June, 1906[40][Inference]
- Commander Clarence A. Carr, 18 June, 1906[41]
- Commander Franklin D. Karns, 1 December, 1913[42]
- Captain Cleland N. Offley, 11 November, 1915[43]
Reserve Torpedo Flotilla
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant Commander Robert F. Lopez, 2 November, 1903[44] – after 1 January, 1907[45]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1880. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1882. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1884. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1887. p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 6.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. pp. 10-11.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. pp. 10-11.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 12-13.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1895. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 6.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 5.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 43.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 12.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1895. p. 8.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. pp. 12-13.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 18.
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