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==Shipbuilding==
 
==Shipbuilding==
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|'''Ship'''||'''Type'''||'''Launched'''||'''Fate'''
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|-
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|{{US-Powhatan|f=p}}||side-wheel frigate||14 Feb, 1850||Sold 30 Jul, 1887
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|-
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|{{US-Constellation|f=p}}||sailing sloop-of-war||26 Aug, 1854||Preserved 7 Aug, 1955
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|-
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|{{US-2Colorado|f=p}}||screw frigate||19 Jun, 1856||Sold 15 Feb, 1885
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|-
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|{{US-1Richmond|f=p}}||screw sloop||26 Jan, 1860||Sold 23 Jul, 1919
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|-
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|{{US-Alliance|f=p}}||gunboat||8 Mar, 1875||Sold 13 Nov, 1911
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|-
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|{{US-Galena|f=p}}||screw sloop||13 Mar, 1879||Sold 9 May, 1892
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|-
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|{{US-1Raleigh|f=p}}||protected cruiser||31 Mar, 1892||Sold 21 Apr, 1921
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|-
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|{{US-1Texas|f=p}}||pre-dreadnought||28 Jun, 1892||Sunk 1912
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|-
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|{{US-SC116|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921
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|-
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|{{US-SC117|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Burned 22 Dec, 1917
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|-
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|{{US-SC118|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921
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|-
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|{{US-SC119|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 20 Dec, 1921
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|-
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|{{US-SC120|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 20 Jul, 1921
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|-
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|{{US-SC121|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921
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|-
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|{{US-SC122|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921
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|-
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|{{US-SC123|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921
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|-
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|{{US-SC124|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 11 May, 1921
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|-
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|{{US-SC125|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921
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|-
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|{{US-SC126|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921
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|-
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|{{US-SC127|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold
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|-
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|{{US-SC128|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold Jun, 1919
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|-
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|{{US-SC129|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921
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|-
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|{{US-SC130|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 11 May, 1921
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|-
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|{{US-SC131|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921
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|-
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|{{US-SC132|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Collision 5 Jun, 1918
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|-
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|{{US-SC133|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 20 Jul, 1921
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|-
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|{{US-SC134|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 20 Jul, 1921
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|-
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|{{US-SC135|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921
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|-
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|{{US-SC136|f=p}}||submarine chaser||1917||Sold 24 Jun, 1921
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|-
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|{{US-Craven|f=p}}||destroyer||29 Jun, 1918||Scuttled May, 1946
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|-
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|{{US-Hulbert|f=p}}||destroyer||28 Jun, 1919||
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|-
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|{{US-Noa|f=p}}||destroyer||28 Jun, 1919||Collision 12 Sep, 1944
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|-
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|{{US-WilliamBPreston|f=p}}||destroyer||9 Aug, 1919||
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|}
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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''.
 
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==
 
==Commandants==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
<div name=fredbot:officeCom otitle="Commandant, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|Commandant, Navy Yard, Norfolk}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeCom otitle="Commandant, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US">
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=William Kennon Mayo|nick=William K. Mayo|appt=1 July, 1882{{USOfficerReg1882|p. 8}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=William Kennon Mayo|nick=William K. Mayo|appt=1 July, 1882{{USOfficerReg1882|p. 8}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=George Brown|nick=George Brown|appt=12 March, 1886{{USOfficerReg1889|p. 4, 147}}|end=31 December, 1889{{USOfficerReg1890|p. 147}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=Aaron Ward Weaver|nick=Aaron W. Weaver|appt=9 January, 1890{{USOfficerReg1892|p. 4}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=Aaron Ward Weaver|nick=Aaron W. Weaver|appt=9 January, 1890{{USOfficerReg1892|p. 4}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=George Brown|nick=George Brown|appt=29 July, 1893{{USOfficerReg1896|p. 4}}|end=April 1897{{HamerslyRecords6|p. 32}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=George Brown|nick=George Brown|appt=29 July, 1893{{USOfficerReg1896|pp. 4-5}}|end=April 1897{{HamerslyRecords6|p. 32}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=Norman von Heldreich Farquhar|nick=Norman H. Farquhar|appt=1 June, 1897{{USList&Station1898|p. 4}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=Norman von Heldreich Farquhar|nick=Norman H. Farquhar|appt=1 June, 1897{{USList&Station1898|p. 4}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Charles Stanhope Cotton|nick=Charles S. Cotton|appt=16 July, 1900{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 6}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Charles Stanhope Cotton|nick=Charles S. Cotton|appt=16 July, 1900{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 6}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Edward David Taussig|nick=Edward D. Taussig|appt=27 December, 1907{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 6}}|note=also [[Fifth Naval District|Commandant Fifth Naval District]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Purnell Frederick Harrington|nick=Purnell F. Harrington|appt=1 April, 1903{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 6}}|end=7 July, 1906{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 6}}{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Robert Mallory Berry|nick=Robert M. Berry|appt=7 July, 1906{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 6}}|note=also Commandant, [[Fifth Naval District]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Edward David Taussig|nick=Edward D. Taussig|appt=27 December, 1907{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 6}}|note=also Commandant, [[Fifth Naval District]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=William Alexander Marshall|nick=William A. Marshall|appt=20 November, 1909{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 6}}|end=after 1 January, 1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 6}}|note=also Commandant, [[Fifth Naval District]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Robert Morris Doyle|nick=Robert M. Doyle|appt=1 November, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 10}}|end=after 1 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 8}}|note=also Commandant, [[Fifth Naval District]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Nathaniel Reilly Usher|nick=Nathaniel R. Usher|appt=1 December, 1913{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 8}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Nathaniel Reilly Usher|nick=Nathaniel R. Usher|appt=1 December, 1913{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 8}}}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Frank Edmund Beatty|nick=Frank E. Beatty|appt=c. early 1915{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 8}}|end=2 November, 1915{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 8}}{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 8}}{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Walter McLean|nick=Walter McLean|appt=25 November, 1915{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 8}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Augustus Francis Fechteler|nick=Augustus F. Fechteler|appt=5 February, 1918{{USOfficerReg1919|pp. 10-11}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Guy Hamilton Burrage|nick=Guy H. Burrage|appt=14 November, 1919{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 10-11}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Philip Andrews|nick=Philip Andrews|appt=30 June, 1921{{USOfficerReg1922|pp. 10-11}}|end=c. May, 1923}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Henry Joseph Ziegemeier|nick=Henry J. Ziegemeier|appt=6 June, 1923{{USOfficerReg1924|pp. 12-13}}}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCom>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCom>
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==Aides to Commandant==
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Dates of appointment given:
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<div name=fredbot:officeACom otitle="Aide to Commandant, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Duncan Mahon Wood|nick=Duncan M. Wood|appt=29 October, 1915{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 16}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Christopher Catron Fewel|nick=Christopher C. Fewel|appt=16 October, 1916{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 14}}}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeACom>
  
 
==Captains of the Yard==
 
==Captains of the Yard==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
<div name=fredbot:officeCap otitle="Captain of the Yard, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of the Yard, Navy Yard, Norfolk}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeCap otitle="Captain, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Bartlett James Cromwell|nick=Bartlett J. Cromwell|appt=29 October, 1891{{USOfficerReg1892|p. 6}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Bartlett James Cromwell|nick=Bartlett J. Cromwell|appt=29 October, 1891{{USOfficerReg1892|p. 6}}|end=October 1894<ref name=usna>[https://www.usna.edu/Library/sca/man-findingaids/view.php?f=MS_330 USNA Finding Aid for his papers].</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Alexander Hugh McCormick|nick=Alexander H. McCormick|appt=29 October, 1894{{USOfficerReg1896|p. 6}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Alexander Hugh McCormick|nick=Alexander H. McCormick|appt=29 October, 1894{{USOfficerReg1896|p. 6}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William Clinton Wise|nick=William C. Wise|appt=1 November, 1897{{USOfficerReg1898|p. 6}}|end=April 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 5}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William Clinton Wise|nick=William C. Wise|appt=1 November, 1897{{USOfficerReg1898|p. 6}}|end=April 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 5}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}} (Retired)|name=Joshua Bishop|nick=Joshua Bishop|appt=28 April, 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 43}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}} (Retired)|name=Joshua Bishop|nick=Joshua Bishop|appt=28 April, 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 43}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Bowman Hendry McCalla|nick=Bowman H. McCalla|appt=15 October, 1898{{HamerslyRecords7|p. 98}}|end=1 September, 1899{{HamerslyRecords7|p. 98}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Bowman Hendry McCalla|nick=Bowman H. McCalla|appt=15 October, 1898{{HamerslyRecords7|p. 98}}|end=1 September, 1899{{HamerslyRecords7|p. 98}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Joseph Edgar Craig|nick=Joseph E. Craig|appt=30 December, 1902{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 8}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Eugene Winslow Watson|nick=Eugene W. Watson|appt=14 November, 1899{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 10}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Daniel Delehanty Vincent Stuart|nick=Daniel D. V. Stuart|appt=17 July, 1907{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 8}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Joseph Edgar Craig|nick=Joseph E. Craig|appt=30 December, 1902{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 8}}|end=1 June, 1904{{INF}}{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 8}}}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Joseph Newton Hemphill|nick=Joseph N. Hemphill|appt=1 June, 1904{{USOfficerReg1905|p. 8}}|end=11 April, 1905{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Albion Varette Wadhams|nick=Albion V. Wadhams|appt=11 April, 1905{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 8}}|end=17 July, 1907{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 8}}{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Daniel Delehanty Vincent Stuart|nick=Daniel D. V. Stuart|appt=17 July, 1907{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 8}}|end=after 1 January, 1909{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 8}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=James Phillips Parker|nick=James P. Parker|appt=24 August, 1909{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 10}}|end=1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 10}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 16}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John Bryson Patton|nick=John B. Patton|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 16}}{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 10}}|end=after 1 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 14}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Louis Rudolph de Steiguer|nick=Louis R. de Steiguer|appt=20 July, 1913{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 14}}|end=after 1 January, 1915{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 14}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Clarence Selby Kempff|nick=Clarence S. Kempff|appt=1 June, 1923{{USOfficerReg1925|pp. 14-15}}|end=after 1 January, 1925{{USOfficerReg1925|pp. 14-15}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Harlan Page Perrill|nick=Harlan P. Perrill|appt=3 June, 1927{{USOfficerReg1928|pp. 12-13}}|end=}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCap>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCap>
  
 
==Navigation Officers==
 
==Navigation Officers==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
<div name=fredbot:officeNav otitle="Navigation Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|Navigation Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeNav otitle="Navigation Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US">
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=William Turnbull Burwell|nick=William T. Burwell|appt=28 March, 1889{{USOfficerReg1890|p. 12}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=William Turnbull Burwell|nick=William T. Burwell|appt=28 March, 1889{{USOfficerReg1890|p. 12}}}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
 
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCap>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCap>
  
 
==Engineer Officers==
 
==Engineer Officers==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
<div name=fredbot:officeEng otitle="Engineer Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|Engineer Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeEng otitle="Engineer Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Albert Bower Willits|nick=Albert B. Willits|appt=17 December, 1904{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 12}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Albert Bower Willits|nick=Albert B. Willits|appt=17 December, 1904{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 14}}|end=25 April, 1908{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 12}}{{INF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Thomas Wright Kinkaid|nick=Thomas W. Kinkaid|appt=25 April, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 14}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Thomas Wright Kinkaid|nick=Thomas W. Kinkaid|appt=25 April, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 14}}}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Stanford Elwood Moses|nick=Stanford E. Moses|appt=5 October, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 20}}|end=3 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 20}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Henry Ellis Lackey|nick=Henry E. Lackey|appt=3 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 20}}|end=after 1 January, 1915{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 20}}}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeEng>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeEng>
  
 
==Ordnance Officers==
 
==Ordnance Officers==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
<div name=fredbot:officeOrd otitle="Ordnance Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|Ordnance Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeOrd otitle="Ordnance Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US">
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Oliver Ambrose Batcheller|nick=Oliver A. Batcheller|appt=10 May, 1889{{USOfficerReg1890|p. 8}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Oliver Ambrose Batcheller|nick=Oliver A. Batcheller|appt=10 May, 1889{{USOfficerReg1890|p. 8}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Chapman Coleman Todd|nick=Chapman C. Todd|appt=31 January, 1893{{USOfficerReg1896|p. 10}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Chapman Coleman Todd|nick=Chapman C. Todd|appt=31 January, 1893{{USOfficerReg1896|p. 10}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=George Elmore Ide|nick=George E. Ide|appt=24 November, 1896{{USOfficerReg1898|p. 8}}|end=April 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 6}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=George Elmore Ide|nick=George E. Ide|appt=24 November, 1896{{USOfficerReg1898|p. 8}}|end=April 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 6}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Henry Everett|nick=William H. Everett|appt=5 August, 1902{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 12}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Henry Everett|nick=William H. Everett|appt=5 August, 1902{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 12}}|end=10 December, 1903{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Clinton Kidd Curtis|nick=Clinton K. Curtis|appt=10 December, 1903{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 12}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Dennis Hart Mahan|nick=Dennis H. Mahan|appt=2 January, 1905{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 10}}|end=14 November, 1907{{FC}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Isaac Knight Seymour|nick=Isaac K. Seymour|appt=14 November, 1907{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 18}}|end=7 March, 1908{{INF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Reuben Oscar Bitler|nick=Reuben O. Bitler|appt=7 March, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 14}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Reuben Oscar Bitler|nick=Reuben O. Bitler|appt=7 March, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 14}}}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
 
 
</div name=fredbot:officeOrd>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeOrd>
  
 
==Equipment Officers==
 
==Equipment Officers==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
<div name=fredbot:officeEq otitle="Equipment Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|Equipment Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeEq otitle="Equipment Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US">
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Clinton Wise|nick=William C. Wise|appt=10 April, 1889{{USOfficerReg1890|p. 8}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Clinton Wise|nick=William C. Wise|appt=10 April, 1889{{USOfficerReg1890|p. 8}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Richard Phillips Leary|nick=Richard P. Leary|appt=23 September, 1890{{USOfficerReg1891|p. 8}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Richard Phillips Leary|nick=Richard P. Leary|appt=23 September, 1890{{USOfficerReg1891|p. 8}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=James G. Green|nick=James G. Green|appt=16 December, 1895{{USOfficerReg1896|p. 8}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=James Gilchrist Green|nick=James G. Green|appt=16 December, 1895{{USOfficerReg1896|p. 8}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Whitman Mead|nick=William W. Mead|appt=11 May, 1896{{USOfficerReg1898|p. 8}}|end=June 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 6}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Whitman Mead|nick=William W. Mead|appt=11 May, 1896{{USOfficerReg1898|p. 8}}|end=June 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 6}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Clinton Kidd Curtis|nick=Clinton K. Curtis|appt=12 November, 1901{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 12}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Clinton Kidd Curtis|nick=Clinton K. Curtis|appt=12 November, 1901{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 12}}|end=20 January, 1903{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John Emil Roller|nick=John E. Roller|appt=20 January, 1903{{USOfficerReg1905|p. 12}}|end=after 1 January, 1905{{USOfficerReg1905|p. 12}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John Gardner Quinby|nick=John G. Quinby|appt=12 February, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 12}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John Gardner Quinby|nick=John G. Quinby|appt=12 February, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 12}}}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
 
 
</div name=fredbot:officeEq>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeEq>
  
 
==Inspection Officers==
 
==Inspection Officers==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
<div name=fredbot:officeIns otitle="Inspection Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|Inspection Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeInsp otitle="Inspection Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk" nat="US">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=William Scott Whitted|nick=William S. Whitted|appt=7 May, 1909{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 20}}|end=17 April, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 22}}{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 20}}{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Thomas Drayton Parker|nick=Thomas D. Parker|appt=17 April, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 22}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 22}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Charles Jonas Lang|nick=Charles J. Lang|appt=1914{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 16}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Charles Jonas Lang|nick=Charles J. Lang|appt=1914{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 16}}}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
 
 
</div name=fredbot:officeInsp>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeInsp>
  

Latest revision as of 22:33, 13 April 2022

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.

Shipbuilding

Ship Type Launched Fate
U.S.S. Powhatan side-wheel frigate 14 Feb, 1850 Sold 30 Jul, 1887
U.S.S. Constellation sailing sloop-of-war 26 Aug, 1854 Preserved 7 Aug, 1955
U.S.S. Colorado screw frigate 19 Jun, 1856 Sold 15 Feb, 1885
U.S.S. Richmond screw sloop 26 Jan, 1860 Sold 23 Jul, 1919
U.S.S. Alliance gunboat 8 Mar, 1875 Sold 13 Nov, 1911
U.S.S. Galena screw sloop 13 Mar, 1879 Sold 9 May, 1892
U.S.S. Raleigh protected cruiser 31 Mar, 1892 Sold 21 Apr, 1921
U.S.S. Texas pre-dreadnought 28 Jun, 1892 Sunk 1912
U.S.S. S.C. 116 submarine chaser 1917 Sold 24 Jun, 1921
U.S.S. S.C. 117 submarine chaser 1917 Burned 22 Dec, 1917
U.S.S. S.C. 118 submarine chaser 1917 Sold 24 Jun, 1921
U.S.S. S.C. 119 submarine chaser 1917 Sold 20 Dec, 1921
U.S.S. S.C. 120 submarine chaser 1917 Sold 20 Jul, 1921
U.S.S. S.C. 121 submarine chaser 1917 Sold 24 Jun, 1921
U.S.S. S.C. 122 submarine chaser 1917 Sold 24 Jun, 1921
U.S.S. S.C. 123 submarine chaser 1917 Sold 24 Jun, 1921
U.S.S. S.C. 124 submarine chaser 1917 Sold 11 May, 1921
U.S.S. S.C. 125 submarine chaser 1917 Sold 24 Jun, 1921
U.S.S. S.C. 126 submarine chaser 1917 Sold 24 Jun, 1921
U.S.S. S.C. 127 submarine chaser 1917 Sold
U.S.S. S.C. 128 submarine chaser 1917 Sold Jun, 1919
U.S.S. S.C. 129 submarine chaser 1917 Sold 24 Jun, 1921
U.S.S. S.C. 130 submarine chaser 1917 Sold 11 May, 1921
U.S.S. S.C. 131 submarine chaser 1917 Sold 24 Jun, 1921
U.S.S. S.C. 132 submarine chaser 1917 Collision 5 Jun, 1918
U.S.S. S.C. 133 submarine chaser 1917 Sold 20 Jul, 1921
U.S.S. S.C. 134 submarine chaser 1917 Sold 20 Jul, 1921
U.S.S. S.C. 135 submarine chaser 1917 Sold 24 Jun, 1921
U.S.S. S.C. 136 submarine chaser 1917 Sold 24 Jun, 1921
U.S.S. Craven destroyer 29 Jun, 1918 Scuttled May, 1946
U.S.S. Hulbert destroyer 28 Jun, 1919
U.S.S. Noa destroyer 28 Jun, 1919 Collision 12 Sep, 1944
U.S.S. William B. Preston destroyer 9 Aug, 1919

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

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Aides to Commandant

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Captains of the Yard

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Navigation Officers

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Engineer Officers

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Ordnance Officers

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Equipment Officers

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Inspection Officers

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See Also

Footnotes

  1. Register of Officers, 1882. p. 8.
  2. Register of Officers, 1889. p. 4, 147.
  3. Register of Officers, 1890. p. 147.
  4. Register of Officers, 1892. p. 4.
  5. Register of Officers, 1896. pp. 4-5.
  6. Records of Living Officers (6th ed). p. 32.
  7. List and Station, July 1898. p. 4.
  8. Register of Officers, 1903. p. 6.
  9. Register of Officers, 1904. p. 6.
  10. Register of Officers, 1906. p. 6.
  11. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 6.
  12. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 6.
  13. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 6.
  14. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 6.
  15. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 10.
  16. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 8.
  17. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 8.
  18. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 8.
  19. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 8.
  20. Register of Officers, 1917. p. 8.
  21. Register of Officers, 1917. p. 8.
  22. Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 10-11.
  23. Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 10-11.
  24. Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 10-11.
  25. Register of Officers, 1924. pp. 12-13.
  26. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 16.
  27. Register of Officers, 1917. p. 14.
  28. Register of Officers, 1892. p. 6.
  29. USNA Finding Aid for his papers.
  30. Register of Officers, 1896. p. 6.
  31. Register of Officers, 1898. p. 6.
  32. List and Station, July 1898. p. 5.
  33. List and Station, July 1898. p. 43.
  34. Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 98.
  35. Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 98.
  36. Register of Officers, 1900. p. 10.
  37. Register of Officers, 1903. p. 8.
  38. Register of Officers, 1904. p. 8.
  39. Register of Officers, 1905. p. 8.
  40. Register of Officers, 1906. p. 8.
  41. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 8.
  42. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 8.
  43. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 8.
  44. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 10.
  45. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 10.
  46. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
  47. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
  48. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 10.
  49. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.
  50. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
  51. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
  52. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 14-15.
  53. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 14-15.
  54. Register of Officers, 1928. pp. 12-13.
  55. Register of Officers, 1890. p. 12.
  56. Register of Officers, 1906. p. 14.
  57. Register of Officers, 1908. p. 12.
  58. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
  59. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 20.
  60. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 20.
  61. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 20.
  62. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 20.
  63. Register of Officers, 1890. p. 8.
  64. Register of Officers, 1896. p. 10.
  65. Register of Officers, 1898. p. 8.
  66. List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
  67. Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.
  68. Register of Officers, 1904. p. 12.
  69. Register of Officers, 1906. p. 10.
  70. Register of Officers, 1908. p. 18.
  71. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
  72. Register of Officers, 1890. p. 8.
  73. Register of Officers, 1891. p. 8.
  74. Register of Officers, 1896. p. 8.
  75. Register of Officers, 1898. p. 8.
  76. List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
  77. Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.
  78. Register of Officers, 1905. p. 12.
  79. Register of Officers, 1905. p. 12.
  80. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 12.
  81. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 20.
  82. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 22.
  83. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 20.
  84. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 22.
  85. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 22.
  86. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 16.

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