Norfolk Navy Yard
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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
Commandants
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear Admiral George Brown, 29 July, 1893[1] – April 1897[2]
- Commodore Norman H. Farquhar, 1 June, 1897[3]
- Rear Admiral Charles S. Cotton, 16 July, 1900[4]
- Rear Admiral Edward D. Taussig, 27 December, 1907[5] (also Commandant 5th Naval District)
- Rear Admiral Nathaniel R. Usher, 1 December, 1913[6]
Captains of the Yard
- Captain Alexander H. McCormick, 29 October, 1894[7]
- Captain William C. Wise, 1 November, 1897[8] – April 1898[9]
- Captain (Retired) Joshua Bishop, 28 April, 1898[10]
- Captain Joseph E. Craig, 30 December, 1902[11]
- Captain Daniel D. V. Stuart, 17 July, 1907[12]
Engineer Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Albert B. Willits, 17 December, 1904[13]
- Commander Thomas W. Kinkaid, 25 April, 1908[14]
Ordnance Officers
- Commander Chapman C. Todd, 31 January, 1893[15]
- Commander George E. Ide, 24 November, 1896[16] – April 1898[17]
- Commander William H. Everett, 5 August, 1902[18]
- Commander Reuben O. Bitler, 7 March, 1908[19]
Equipment Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander James G. Green, 16 December, 1895[20]
- Commander William W. Mead, 11 May, 1896[21] – June 1898[22]
- Commander Clinton K. Curtis, 12 November, 1901[23]
- Commander John G. Quinby, 12 February, 1908[24]
Inspection Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Charles J. Lang, 1914[25]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ 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, 1896. 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, 1903. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
- ↑ 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, 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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