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
| Ship | Type | Launched | Fate |
| U.S.S. Mohican | screw sloop | 27 Dec, 1883[1] | Sold 4 Mar, 1922 |
| U.S.S. Prometheus | repair ship | 5 Dec, 1908[2] | Sold 29 Aug, 1950 |
| U.S.S. Palos | river gunboat | 23 Apr, 1914[3] | Sold 3 Jun, 1937 |
| U.S.S. Monocacy | river gunboat | 27 Apr, 1914[4] | Scuttled 10 Feb, 1940 |
| U.S.S. Kanawha | oiler | 11 Jul, 1914[5] | Bombed 8 Apr, 1943 |
| U.S.S. Maumee | oiler | 17 Apr, 1915[6] | Transferred 5 Nov, 1946 |
| U.S.S. Cuyama | oiler | 17 Jun, 1916[7] | Maritime Commission 1 Jul, 1946 |
| U.S.S. Shaw | destroyer | 9 Dec, 1916[8] | |
| U.S.S. Caldwell | destroyer | 10 Jul, 1917[9] | |
| U.S.S. Fairfax | destroyer | 15 Dec, 1917[10] | Broken up 1949 |
| U.S.S. Taylor | destroyer | 14 Feb, 1918[11] | |
| U.S.S. Boggs | destroyer | 25 Apr, 1918[12] | Sold 27 Nov, 1946 |
| U.S.S. Kilty | destroyer | 25 Apr, 1918[13] | |
| U.S.S. Ward | destroyer | 1 Jun, 1918[14] | Kamikazed 7 Dec, 1944 |
| U.S.S. Kennison | destroyer | 8 Jun, 1918[15] | |
| U.S.S. Claxton | destroyer | 14 Jan, 1919[16] | Sold Oct, 1944 |
| U.S.S. Hamilton | destroyer | 15 Jan, 1919[17] | |
| U.S.S. Litchfield | destroyer | 12 Aug, 1919[18] | |
| U.S.S. Zane | destroyer | 12 Aug, 1919[19] | |
| U.S.S. California | dreadnought | 20 Nov, 1919[20] | Sold 10 Jul, 1959 |
| U.S.S. Wasmuth | destroyer | 15 Sep, 1920[21] | Foundered 29 Dec, 1942 |
| U.S.S. Trever | destroyer | 15 Sep, 1920[22] | |
| U.S.S. Perry | destroyer | 29 Oct, 1921[23] | Mined 13 Sep, 1944 |
| U.S.S. Decatur | destroyer | 29 Oct, 1921[24] |
Commandants
Dates of appointment given:
- Commodore Edward R. Colhoun, 17 April, 1877[25]
- Commodore Thomas S. Phelps, 15 January, 1881[26]
- Commodore John H. Russell, before 15 January, 1884[27]
- Commodore George E. Belknap, 15 June, 1886[28]
- Rear Admiral Andrew E. K. Benham, 21 November, 1888[29]
- Rear Admiral John Irwin, 9 June, 1891[30]
- Captain Henry L. Howison, 17 July, 1893[31]
- Rear Admiral William A. Kirkland, 1 June, 1896[32] – 15 May, 1899[33][Inference]
- Rear Admiral Louis Kempff, 15 May, 1899[34]
- Rear Admiral Bowman H. McCalla, 11 July, 1903[35] – 4 July, 1906[36][Inference]
- Rear Admiral Henry W. Lyon, 4 July, 1906[37]
- Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus, 25 March, 1910[38] – 19 January, 1911[39][40][Inference] (also Commandant, Twelfth Naval District)
- Captain Henry T. Mayo, 19 January, 1911[41] – 15 January, 1913[42][43][Inference]
- Captain Frank M. Bennett, 15 January, 1913[44] – after 1 January, 1917[45]
- Captain Edward L. Beach, 30 January, 1919[46]
Aides to Commandant
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant Commander Ralph E. Pope, 23 April, 1914[47]
- Commander Joseph M. Reeves, 10 May, 1916[48]
Captains of the Yard
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain J. Crittenden Watson, 20 July, 1890[49]
- Captain Francis J. Higginson, 21 July, 1894[50]
- Captain Henry Glass, 6 April, 1897[51] – April 1898[52]
- Commander (Retired) John J. Brice, 26 April, 1898[53]
- Captain William W. Mead, 26 June, 1899[54]
- Captain Benjamin F. Tilley, March, 1902 – 11 January, 1905
- Captain Alexander McCrackin, 6 January, 1906[55][56] – 24 December, 1907[Inference]
- Captain John B. Milton, 24 December, 1907[57] – 14 December, 1909[58][Inference]
- Captain Benjamin Tappan, 14 December, 1909[59] – after 1 January, 1911[60]
- Captain Frank M. Bennett, c. early 1913[61] – after 1 January, 1913[62]
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant William E. Sewell, 22 July, 1887[63]
Inspection Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Hugh Rodman, 26 September, 1910[64] – 19 October, 1911[65][66][Inference]
- Lieutenant Commander Samuel B. Thomas, 19 October, 1911[67] – 12 June, 1912[68][69][Inference]
- Lieutenant Commander Clarence S. Kempff, 12 June, 1912[70] – after 1 January, 1913[71]
- Lieutenant Commander John S. Graham, 20 July, 1914[72]
Ordnance Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant Commander Frederick M. Symonds, 11 June, 1894[73]
- Lieutenant Commander Franklin J. Drake, 4 October, 1897[74]
- Commander Edmund B. Underwood, 16 March, 1905[75] – 4 May, 1908[76][77]
- Commander Edwin A. Anderson, 4 May, 1908[78]
Equipment Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Thomas Nelson, 1 November, 1888[79]
- Commander Bowman H. McCalla, 4 October, 1893[80]
- Lieutenant Commander Charles G. Bowman, 3 June, 1897[81]
- Commander Charles B. T. Moore, 1 October, 1901[82]
- Commander Henry C. Gearing, 1 November, 1904[83] – 15 November, 1907[84][85]
- Commander Alexander S. Halstead, 15 November, 1907[86]
Engineer Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander George B. Ransom, 8 August, 1904[87] – 18 June, 1906[88][Inference]
- Commander Clarence A. Carr, 18 June, 1906[89] – after 1 January, 1909[90]
- Commander Franklin D. Karns, 1 December, 1913[91]
- Captain Cleland N. Offley, 11 November, 1915[92]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 71.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 75.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 75.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 136.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 136.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 136.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 430.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 430.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 431.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 431.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 432.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 432.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 432.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 432.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 432.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 432.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 438.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 438.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 438.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 438.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 438.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 438.
- ↑ 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, 1911. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 10.
- ↑ 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, 1908. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 26.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 26.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 26.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. 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, 1909. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
- ↑ 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, 1909. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. pp. 12-13.
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