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Revision as of 10:53, 16 September 2015
The Norfolk Navy Yard is a major U.S. Navy shipyard located in Virginia that continues to operate in the twenty-first century.
It began operations as Gosport Shipyard in 1767 and fell into Confederate hands during the Civil War, at which time it obtained its present name.
Contents
Shipbuilding
After falling into Confederate hands in late April of 1861, the yard gained a place in history when the scuttled steam frigate U.S.S. Merrimack was raised and converted into the ironclad C.S.S. Virginia.
Commandants
Dates of appointment given:
- Commodore William K. Mayo, 1 July, 1882[1]
- Commodore Aaron W. Weaver, 9 January, 1890[2]
- Rear Admiral George Brown, 29 July, 1893[3] – April 1897[4]
- Commodore Norman H. Farquhar, 1 June, 1897[5]
- Rear Admiral Charles S. Cotton, 16 July, 1900[6]
- Rear Admiral Edward D. Taussig, 27 December, 1907[7] (also Commandant Fifth Naval District)
- Rear Admiral Nathaniel R. Usher, 1 December, 1913[8]
Captains of the Yard
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Bartlett J. Cromwell, 29 October, 1891[9]
- Captain Alexander H. McCormick, 29 October, 1894[10]
- Captain William C. Wise, 1 November, 1897[11] – April 1898[12]
- Captain (Retired) Joshua Bishop, 28 April, 1898[13]
- Captain Bowman H. McCalla, 15 October, 1898[14] – 1 September, 1899[15]
- Captain Eugene W. Watson, 14 November, 1899[16]
- Captain Joseph E. Craig, 30 December, 1902[17]
- Captain Daniel D. V. Stuart, 17 July, 1907[18]
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant Commander William T. Burwell, 28 March, 1889[19]
Engineer Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Albert B. Willits, 17 December, 1904[20]
- Commander Thomas W. Kinkaid, 25 April, 1908[21]
Ordnance Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Oliver A. Batcheller, 10 May, 1889[22]
- Commander Chapman C. Todd, 31 January, 1893[23]
- Commander George E. Ide, 24 November, 1896[24] – April 1898[25]
- Commander William H. Everett, 5 August, 1902[26]
- Commander Reuben O. Bitler, 7 March, 1908[27]
Equipment Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander William C. Wise, 10 April, 1889[28]
- Commander Richard P. Leary, 23 September, 1890[29]
- Commander James G. Green, 16 December, 1895[30]
- Commander William W. Mead, 11 May, 1896[31] – June 1898[32]
- Commander Clinton K. Curtis, 12 November, 1901[33]
- Commander John G. Quinby, 12 February, 1908[34]
Inspection Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Charles J. Lang, 1914[35]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1882. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 4.
- ↑ Records of Living Officers (6th ed). p. 32.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 6.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 5.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 43.
- ↑ Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 98.
- ↑ Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 98.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 8.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1891. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 8.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 16.
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