Philadelphia Navy Yard
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The Philadelphia Navy Yard was a U.S. Navy shipyard located on League Island in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the facility was also known as the League Island Navy Yard.
Contents
Shipbuilding
Ship | Type | Launched | Fate |
U.S.S. Dale | receiving ship | 8 Nov, 1839 | Transferred 23 Jul, 1906 |
U.S.S. Wabash | receiving ship | 24 Oct, 1855 | Sold 30 Dec, 1912 |
U.S.S. Lancaster | screw sloop | 20 Oct, 1858 | Transferred 1 Feb, 1913 |
U.S.S. Wyoming | sloop | 19 Jan, 1859 | Sold 9 May, 1892 |
U.S.S. Tuscarora | sloop | 24 Aug, 1861 | Sold 20 Nov, 1883 |
U.S.S. Juniata | screw sloop | 20 Mar, 1862 | Sold 25 Mar, 1891 |
U.S.S. Monongahela | screw sloop | 10 Jul, 1862 | Burned 17 Mar, 1908 |
U.S.S. Shenandoah | screw sloop | 8 Dec, 1862 | Sold 30 Jul, 1887 |
U.S.S. Kansas | gunboat | 29 Sep, 1863 | Sold 27 Sep, 1883 |
U.S.S. Yantic | gunboat | 19 Mar, 1864 | Foundered 22 Oct, 1929 |
U.S.S. Congress | screw sloop | 17 Jul, 1868 | Sold 27 Sep, 1883 |
U.S.S. Omaha | screw sloops | 10 Jun, 1869 | Sold 17 Apr, 1915 |
U.S.S. Quinnebaug | screw sloop | 28 Sep, 1875 | Sold 25 Mar, 1891 |
U.S.S. Sandpiper | minesweeper | 28 Apr, 1919 | Transferred 12 Oct, 1946 |
U.S.S. Vireo | minesweeper | 26 May, 1919 | Sold 4 Feb, 1947 |
U.S.S. Warbler | minesweeper | 30 Jul, 1919 | Sold 12 Aug, 1948 |
U.S.S. Willet | minesweeper | 11 Sep, 1919 | Sold 2 Nov, 1948 |
U.S.S. Dobbin | depot ship | 5 May, 1921 | Transferred 24 Dec, 1946 |
Commandants
Dates of appointment given:
- Commodore Edward Simpson, 8 January, 1881[1]
- Captain Henry B. Seely, 2 December, 1885[2]
- Captain William A. Kirkland, 15 July, 1891[3]
- Captain Norman H. Farquhar, 7 March, 1894[4]
- Commodore John A. Howell, 15 June, 1896[5] – January, 1898[6]
- Commodore Silas Casey, 13 January, 1898[7]
- Rear Admiral James H. Sands, – December 1902[8]
- Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee, 1 May, 1903[9]
- Rear Admiral Joseph E. Craig, 18 March, 1905[10] – 3 June, 1907[11][12]
- Rear Admiral Benjamin F. Tilley, 23 February, 1907 – 18 March, 1907 (died)
- Rear Admiral Edwin C. Pendleton, 3 June, 1907[13] – after 1 January, 1909[14] (also Commandant, Fourth Naval District)
- Captain Albert W. Grant, 21 March, 1910[15] – 15 August, 1913[16][17][Inference] (and as Commandant, Fourth Naval District)
- Captain William S. Benson, 15 August, 1913[18] – 3 December, 1915[19][Inference]
- Captain Robert L. Russell, 3 December, 1915[20]
Aides to Commandant
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant Commander William L. Littlefield, 22 September, 1915[21]
- Commander John McC. Luby, 9 June, 1916[22]
Captains of the Yard
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Edwin S. Houston, 3 January, 1897[23]
- Captain Charles E. Clark, 1 March, 1899[24]
- Captain Abraham B. H. Lillie, 1903[25]
- Captain Frank A. Wilner, 11 January, 1907[26]
- Captain Edwin A. Anderson, 3 November, 1911[27] – after 1 January, 1912[28]
- Captain Ralph P. Craft, 20 January, 1927[29] (and in command of rec. barracks)
Engineer Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Robert G. Denig, 14 January, 1903[30] – 1 July, 1907[31][Inference]
- Captain John K. Barton, 1 July, 1907[32]
- Captain Benjamin C. Bryan, 22 July, 1908[33] – 3 December, 1912[34][35][Inference]
- Captain William S. Smith, 3 December, 1912[36] – after 1 January, 1915[37]
- Commander Stanford E. Moses, 18 February, 1916[38]
Ordnance Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Edwin Longnecker, 28 August, 1895[39]
- Commander William P. Potter, 1 November, 1899[40]
- Commander Duncan Kennedy, 21 October, 1901[41] – before 21 October, 1902
- Commander Alfred Reynolds, 1 December, 1902[42] – 25 July, 1905[43][Inference]
- Commander George W. Mentz, 1 September, 1905[44]
- Commander Hamilton Hutchins, 25 July, 1905[45] (also Equipment Officer)
- Lieutenant Commander Josiah S. McKean, 20 January 1907[46] – after 1 January, 1909[47]
Ordnance Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Frank A. Wilner, before 1 January, 1907[48]
Equipment Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Felix McCurley, 11 April, 1893[49]
- Lieutenant Commander Hamilton Hutchins, 17 September, 1900[50] – 10 June, 1903[Inference]
- Commander John C. Colwell, 10 June, 1903[51] – 25 July, 1905[52][Inference]
- Commander Hamilton Hutchins, 25 July, 1905[53] – 1 November, 1907[Inference] (also Ordnance Officer)
- Commander Moses L. Wood, 1 November, 1907[54] – 15 July, 1908[55][Inference]
- Commander Thomas S. Rodgers, 15 July, 1908[56]
Inspection Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander William L. Howard, 1 November, 1909[57] – 6 November, 1911, 1911[58][59][Inference]
- Lieutenant Commander David C. Hanrahan, 6 November, 1911[60] – after 1 January, 1913[61]
- Commander Claude B. Price, 16 October, 1914[62] – after 1 January, 1916[63]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1882. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 4.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 4.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. pp. 6, 183.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. 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, 1917. pp. 10-11.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1928. pp. 16-17.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 8.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1900. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1902. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 24.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 24.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 22.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 14.
Bibliography