Difference between revisions of "Mare Island Navy Yard"

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The Mare Island Navy Yard was a U.S. naval shipyard located northeast of San Francisco. It was the first American naval base in the Pacific, established in the 1850s.

Shipbuilding

Commandants

Dates of appointment given:

Commodore Edward R. Colhoun, 17 April, 1877^[1]
Commodore Thomas S. Phelps, 15 January, 1881^[2]
Commodore John H. Russell, before 15 January, 1884^[3]
Commodore George E. Belknap, 15 June, 1886^[4]
Rear Admiral Andrew E. K. Benham, 21 November, 1888^[5]
Rear Admiral John Irwin, 9 June, 1891^[6]
Captain Henry L. Howison, 17 July, 1893^[7]
Rear Admiral William A. Kirkland, 1 June, 1896^[8] – 15 May, 1899^[9]^[Inference]
Rear Admiral Louis Kempff, 15 May, 1899^[10]
Rear Admiral Bowman H. McCalla, 11 July, 1903^[11] – 4 July, 1906^[12]^[Inference]
Rear Admiral Henry W. Lyon, 4 July, 1906^[13]
Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus, 25 March, 1910^[14] – 19 January, 1911^[15]^[16]^[Inference] (also Commandant, Twelfth Naval District)
Captain Henry T. Mayo, 19 January, 1911^[17] – 15 January, 1913^[18]^[19]^[Inference]
Captain Frank M. Bennett, 15 January, 1913^[20] – after 1 January, 1917^[21]
Captain Edward L. Beach, 30 January, 1919^[22]

Aides to Commandant

Dates of appointment given:

Lieutenant Commander Ralph E. Pope, 23 April, 1914^[23]
Commander Joseph M. Reeves, 10 May, 1916^[24]

Captains of the Yard

Dates of appointment given:

Captain J. Crittenden Watson, 20 July, 1890^[25]
Captain Francis J. Higginson, 21 July, 1894^[26]
Captain Henry Glass, 6 April, 1897^[27] – April 1898^[28]
Commander (Retired) John J. Brice, 26 April, 1898^[29]
Captain William W. Mead, 26 June, 1899^[30]
Captain Alexander McCrackin, 6 January, 1906^[31]^[32] – 24 December, 1907^[Inference]
Captain John B. Milton, 24 December, 1907^[33] – 14 December, 1909^[34]^[Inference]
Captain Benjamin Tappan, 14 December, 1909^[35] – after 1 January, 1911^[36]
Captain Frank M. Bennett, c. early 1913^[37] – after 1 January, 1913^[38]

Navigation Officers

Dates of appointment given:

Lieutenant William E. Sewell, 22 July, 1887^[39]

Inspection Officers

Dates of appointment given:

Commander Hugh Rodman, 26 September, 1910^[40] – 19 October, 1911^[41]^[42]^[Inference]
Lieutenant Commander Samuel B. Thomas, 19 October, 1911^[43] – 12 June, 1912^[44]^[45]^[Inference]
Lieutenant Commander Clarence S. Kempff, 12 June, 1912^[46] – after 1 January, 1913^[47]
Lieutenant Commander John S. Graham, 20 July, 1914^[48]

Ordnance Officers

Dates of appointment given:

Lieutenant Commander Frederick M. Symonds, 11 June, 1894^[49]
Lieutenant Commander Franklin J. Drake, 4 October, 1897^[50]
Commander Edmund B. Underwood, 16 March, 1905^[51] – 4 May, 1908^[52]^[53]
Commander Edwin A. Anderson, 4 May, 1908^[54]

Equipment Officers

Dates of appointment given:

Commander Thomas Nelson, 1 November, 1888^[55]
Commander Bowman H. McCalla, 4 October, 1893^[56]
Lieutenant Commander Charles G. Bowman, 3 June, 1897^[57]
Commander Charles B. T. Moore, 1 October, 1901^[58]
Commander Henry C. Gearing, 1 November, 1904^[59] – 15 November, 1907^[60]^[61]
Commander Alexander S. Halstead, 15 November, 1907^[62]

Engineer Officers

Dates of appointment given:

Commander George B. Ransom, 8 August, 1904^[63] – 18 June, 1906^[64]^[Inference]
Commander Clarence A. Carr, 18 June, 1906^[65] – after 1 January, 1909^[66]
Commander Franklin D. Karns, 1 December, 1913^[67]
Captain Cleland N. Offley, 11 November, 1915^[68]

Footnotes

↑ Register of Officers, 1880. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1882. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1884. p. 10.
↑ Register of Officers, 1887. p. 4.
↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 4.
↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 4.
↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 6.
↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 4.
↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 6.
↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 6.
↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 6.
↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 6.
↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 6.
↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 6.
↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 6.
↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 10.
↑ Register of Officers, 1912. 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, 1920. pp. 12-13.
↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 20.
↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 16.
↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 6.
↑ Register of Officers, 1895. 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, 1900. p. 10.
↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 10.
↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 10.
↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 10.
↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 10.
↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 10.
↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 20.
↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.
↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.
↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 26.
↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 26.
↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 26.
↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 20.
↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 20.
↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 20.
↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 18.
↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 12.
↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.
↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 10.
↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 10.
↑ Register of Officers, 1895. p. 8.
↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 8.
↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 14.
↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 14.
↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 14.
↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 14.
↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.
↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 16.
↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 12.
↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 16.
↑ Register of Officers, 1917. pp. 12-13.

Bibliography

[1] Register of Officers, 1880. p. 8.

[2] Register of Officers, 1882. p. 8.

[3] Register of Officers, 1884. p. 10.

[4] Register of Officers, 1887. p. 4.

[5] Register of Officers, 1890. p. 4.

[6] Register of Officers, 1892. p. 4.

[7] Register of Officers, 1896. p. 6.

[8] List and Station, July 1898. p. 4.

[9] Register of Officers, 1900. p. 6.

[10] Register of Officers, 1900. p. 6.

[11] Register of Officers, 1904. p. 6.

[12] Register of Officers, 1906. p. 6.

[13] Register of Officers, 1907. p. 6.

[14] Register of Officers, 1911. p. 6.

[15] Register of Officers, 1911. p. 6.

[16] Register of Officers, 1912. p. 10.

[17] Register of Officers, 1912. p. 10.

[18] Register of Officers, 1913. p. 10.

[19] Register of Officers, 1915. p. 10.

[20] Register of Officers, 1915. p. 10.

[21] Register of Officers, 1917. pp. 10-11.

[22] Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 12-13.

[23] Register of Officers, 1917. p. 20.

[24] Register of Officers, 1917. p. 16.

[25] Register of Officers, 1892. p. 6.

[26] Register of Officers, 1895. p. 6.

[27] Register of Officers, 1898. p. 6.

[28] List and Station, July 1898. p. 5.

[29] List and Station, July 1898. p. 43.

[30] Register of Officers, 1900. p. 10.

[31] Register of Officers, 1906. p. 10.

[32] Register of Officers, 1907. p. 10.

[33] Register of Officers, 1908. p. 10.

[34] Register of Officers, 1911. p. 8.

[35] Register of Officers, 1911. p. 8.

[36] Register of Officers, 1911. p. 8.

[37] Register of Officers, 1913. p. 10.

[38] Register of Officers, 1913. p. 10.

[39] Register of Officers, 1890. p. 20.

[40] Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.

[41] Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.

[42] Register of Officers, 1912. p. 26.

[43] Register of Officers, 1912. p. 26.

[44] Register of Officers, 1912. p. 26.

[45] Register of Officers, 1913. p. 20.

[46] Register of Officers, 1913. p. 20.

[47] Register of Officers, 1913. p. 20.

[48] Register of Officers, 1916. p. 18.

[49] Register of Officers, 1896. p. 12.

[50] List and Station, July 1898. p. 8.

[51] Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.

[52] Register of Officers, 1908. p. 10.

[53] Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.

[54] Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.

[55] Register of Officers, 1892. p. 10.

[56] Register of Officers, 1895. p. 8.

[57] List and Station, July 1898. p. 8.

[58] Register of Officers, 1904. p. 14.

[59] Register of Officers, 1906. p. 14.

[60] Register of Officers, 1907. p. 14.

[61] Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.

[62] Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.

[63] Register of Officers, 1905. p. 14.

[64] Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.

[65] Register of Officers, 1907. p. 16.

[66] Register of Officers, 1909. p. 12.

[67] Register of Officers, 1915. p. 16.

[68] Register of Officers, 1917. pp. 12-13.

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Aides to Commandant

Captains of the Yard

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