Reserve Torpedo Flotilla
The Norfolk Reserve Torpedo Flotilla was a formation in the United States Navy formed in 1903.
History
January, 1904
Fourteen torpedo boats.
| Stationed in Norfolk Navy Yard[1] | |||||
| Torpedo Boats | |||||
| Bagley | Barney | Biddle | Cushing | De Long | Ericsson |
| Foote | Gwin | Mackenzie | Rodgers | Somers | Stockton |
| Thornton | Wilkes | ||||
January, 1905
Bailey, Du Pont, Porter and Shubrick have been added.
Eighteen torpedo boats and one submarine.[2]
| Stationed in Norfolk Navy Yard[Inference] | |||||
| Torpedo Boats | |||||
| Bagley | Barney | Biddle | Cushing | De Long | Ericsson |
| Foote | Gwin | Mackenzie | Rodgers | Somers | Stockton |
| Bailey | Du Pont | Thornton | Wilkes | Porter | Shubrick |
| Submarine | |||||
| Moccasin | |||||
January, 1906
Submarine Adder and destroyer Tingey have been added, while destroyers Rodgers, Du Pont and Porter have been dropped.
Seventeen torpedo boats and two submarines.[3]
| Stationed in Norfolk Navy Yard[Inference] | |||||
| Torpedo Boats | |||||
| Bagley | Bailey | Barney | Biddle | Cushing | De Long |
| Ericsson | Foote | Gwin | Mackenzie | Shubrick | Somers |
| Stockton | Thornton | Tingey | Whipple | Wilkes | |
| Submarines | |||||
| Adder | Moccasin | ||||
January, 1907
De Long Stockton and Wilkes have left to join the Third Torpedo Flotilla and Whipple has gone to the Second Torpedo Flotilla.
Du Pont, Manley, Nicholson, O'Brien, Porter, Rodgers, Stewart and Winslow have joined.
The submarine Holland has also joined, bringing the strength to twenty-one destroyers and three submarines.[4]
| Stationed in Norfolk Navy Yard | |||||
| Torpedo Boats | |||||
| Bagley | Bailey | Barney | Biddle | Cushing | Du Pont |
| Ericsson | Foote | Gwin | Mackenzie | Manley | Nicholson |
| O'Brien | Porter | Rodgers | Shubrick | Somers | Stewart |
| Thornton | Tingey | Winslow | |||
| Submarines | |||||
| Adder | Holland | Moccasin | |||
January, 1908
Bagley, Manley, Stewart, Thornton and Tingey have left, five in total.
Blakely, Dahlgren, Macdonough, Talbot, Craven, Wilkes and Worden have joined, seven.
Twenty-three torpedo boats and three submarines.
| Stationed in Norfolk Navy Yard[5] | |||||
| Torpedo Boats | |||||
| Bailey | Barney | Biddle | Blakely | Cushing | Dahlgren |
| Du Pont | Ericsson | Foote | Gwin | Macdonough | Mackenzie |
| Nicholson | O'Brien | Porter | Rodgers | Shubrick | Somers |
| Talbot | Craven | Wilkes | Winslow | Worden | |
| Submarines | |||||
| Adder | Holland | Moccasin | |||
January, 1909
Many vessels have moved on.
Seven torpedo boats and three submarines.[6]
| Stationed in Norfolk Navy Yard | |||||
| Torpedo Boats | |||||
| Bailey | Nicholson | O'Brien | Porter | Shubrick | Somers |
| Stockton | |||||
| Submarines | |||||
| Adder | Holland | Moccasin | |||
In Command
- Lieutenant John F. Marshall, Jr., 26 June, 1903[7] – 3 June, 1905[8][Inference]
- Lieutenant Irvin Van G. Gillis, 3 June, 1905[9] – 1907[10]
- Lieutenant Louis C. Richardson, 1907[11][12] – 1908[13][14]
- Lieutenant Frederick V. McNair, Jr., 1908[15][16]
Footnotes
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 189.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 198.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 28.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 204.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 212.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 223.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 34.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 32.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 28.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 26.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 26.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 26.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 36.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 26.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 36.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 26.
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