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.
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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 Purnell F. Harrington, 1 April, 1903[7] – after 1 January, 1906[8]
- Rear Admiral Edward D. Taussig, 27 December, 1907[9] (also Commandant Fifth Naval District)
- Rear Admiral Nathaniel R. Usher, 1 December, 1913[10]
- Rear Admiral Walter McLean, 25 November, 1915[11]
- Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage, 14 November, 1919[12]
Aides to Commandant
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Duncan M. Wood, 29 October, 1915[13]
- Commander Christopher C. Fewe, 16 October, 1916[14]
Captains of the Yard
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Bartlett J. Cromwell, 29 October, 1891[15]
- Captain Alexander H. McCormick, 29 October, 1894[16]
- Captain William C. Wise, 1 November, 1897[17] – April 1898[18]
- Captain (Retired) Joshua Bishop, 28 April, 1898[19]
- Captain Bowman H. McCalla, 15 October, 1898[20] – 1 September, 1899[21]
- Captain Eugene W. Watson, 14 November, 1899[22]
- Captain Joseph E. Craig, 30 December, 1902[23] – 1 June, 1904[Inference][24]
- Captain Joseph N. Hemphill, 1 June, 1904[25] – 11 April, 1905[Inference]
- Captain Albion V. Wadhams, 11 April, 1905[26]
- Captain Daniel D. V. Stuart, 17 July, 1907[27] – after 1 January, 1909[28]
- Commander Louis R. de Steiguer, 20 July, 1913[29] – after 1 January, 1915[30]
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant Commander William T. Burwell, 28 March, 1889[31]
Engineer Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Albert B. Willits, 17 December, 1904[32]
- Commander Thomas W. Kinkaid, 25 April, 1908[33]
- Lieutenant Commander Henry E. Lackey, 3 January, 1912[34]
Ordnance Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Oliver A. Batcheller, 10 May, 1889[35]
- Commander Chapman C. Todd, 31 January, 1893[36]
- Commander George E. Ide, 24 November, 1896[37] – April 1898[38]
- Commander William H. Everett, 5 August, 1902[39] – 10 December, 1903[Inference]
- Commander Clinton K. Curtis, 10 December, 1903[40]
- Commander Dennis H. Mahan, January, 1905[41]
- Commander Reuben O. Bitler, 7 March, 1908[42]
Equipment Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander William C. Wise, 10 April, 1889[43]
- Commander Richard P. Leary, 23 September, 1890[44]
- Commander James G. Green, 16 December, 1895[45]
- Commander William W. Mead, 11 May, 1896[46] – June 1898[47]
- Commander Clinton K. Curtis, 12 November, 1901[48] – 20 January, 1903[Inference]
- Commander John E. Roller, 20 January, 1903[49] – after 1 January, 1905[50]
- Commander John G. Quinby, 12 February, 1908[51]
Inspection Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Charles J. Lang, 1914[52]
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, 1904. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 10-11.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 14.
- ↑ 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, 1904. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 20.
- ↑ 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, 1904. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. 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, 1905. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 16.
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