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The '''Reserve Torpedo Flotilla''' was a destroyer formation in the [[United States Navy]].
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The '''Norfolk Reserve Torpedo Flotilla''' was a formation in the [[United States Navy]] formed in 1903.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
  
 
===January, 1904===
 
===January, 1904===
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Fourteen torpedo boats.
  
 
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Part of the [[Grand Fleet]]''' -->
 
 
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Destroyers'''
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Stationed in [[Norfolk Navy Yard]]'''{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 189}}
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Torpedo Boats'''
 
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|align=center|{{US-1Bagley}}||align=center|{{US-1Barney}}||align=center|{{US-1Biddle}}||align=center|{{US-1Cushing}}||align=center|{{US-1DeLong}}||align=center|{{US-1Ericsson}}
 
|align=center|{{US-1Bagley}}||align=center|{{US-1Barney}}||align=center|{{US-1Biddle}}||align=center|{{US-1Cushing}}||align=center|{{US-1DeLong}}||align=center|{{US-1Ericsson}}
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|-
 
|align=center colspan=2|&nbsp;||align=center|{{US-1Thornton}}||align=center|{{US-1Wilkes}}||align=center colspan=2|&nbsp;
 
|align=center colspan=2|&nbsp;||align=center|{{US-1Thornton}}||align=center|{{US-1Wilkes}}||align=center colspan=2|&nbsp;
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|}
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===January, 1905===
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{{US-1Bailey}}, {{US-1DuPont}}, {{US-1Porter}} and {{US-1Shubrick}} have been added.
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Eighteen torpedo boats and one submarine.{{USOfficerReg1905|p. 198}}
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{|width=75% class=toccolours
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|-
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Stationed in [[Norfolk Navy Yard]]'''{{INF}}
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|-
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Torpedo Boats'''
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|-
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|align=center|{{US-1Bagley}}||align=center|{{US-1Barney}}||align=center|{{US-1Biddle}}||align=center|{{US-1Cushing}}||align=center|{{US-1DeLong}}||align=center|{{US-1Ericsson}}
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|-
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|align=center|{{US-1Foote}}||align=center|{{US-1Gwin}}||align=center|{{US-1Mackenzie}}||align=center|{{US-1Rodgers}}||align=center|{{US-1Somers}}||align=center|{{US-1Stockton}}
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|-
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|align=center|{{US-1Bailey}}||align=center|{{US-1DuPont}}||align=center|{{US-1Thornton}}||align=center|{{US-1Wilkes}}||align=center|{{US-1Porter}}||align=center|{{US-1Shubrick}}
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|-
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Submarine'''
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|-
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|align=center colspan=6|{{US-Moccasin}}
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|}
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===January, 1906===
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Submarine {{US-Adder}} and destroyer {{US-1Tingey}} have been added, while destroyers {{US-1Rodgers}}, {{US-1DuPont}} and {{US-1Porter}} have been dropped.
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Seventeen torpedo boats and two submarines.{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 28}}
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{|width=75% class=toccolours
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|-
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Stationed in [[Norfolk Navy Yard]]'''{{INF}}
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|-
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Torpedo Boats'''
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|-
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|align=center|{{US-1Bagley}}||align=center|{{US-1Bailey}}||align=center|{{US-1Barney}}||align=center|{{US-1Biddle}}||align=center|{{US-1Cushing}}||align=center|{{US-1DeLong}}
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|-
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|align=center|{{US-1Ericsson}}||align=center|{{US-1Foote}}||align=center|{{US-1Gwin}}||align=center|{{US-1Mackenzie}}||align=center|{{US-1Shubrick}}||align=center|{{US-1Somers}}
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|-
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|align=center|{{US-1Stockton}}||align=center|{{US-1Thornton}}||align=center|{{US-1Tingey}}||align=center|{{US-1Whipple}}||align=center|{{US-1Wilkes}}
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|-
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Submarines'''
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|-
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|align=center colspan=3|{{US-Adder}}||align=center colspan=3|{{US-Moccasin}}
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|}
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===January, 1907===
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{{US-DeLong}} {{US-1Stockton}} and {{US-1Wilkes}} have left to join the [[Third Torpedo Flotilla]] and {{US-1Whipple}} has gone to the [[Second Torpedo Flotilla]].
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{{US-1DuPont}}, {{US-1Manley}}, {{US-1Nicholson}}, {{US-1O'Brien}}, {{US-1Porter}}, {{US-1Rodgers}}, {{US-1Stewart}} and {{US-1Winslow}} have joined.
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The submarine {{US-Holland}} has also joined, bringing the strength to twenty-one destroyers and three submarines.{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 204}}
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{|width=75% class=toccolours
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|-
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Stationed in [[Norfolk Navy Yard]]'''
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|-
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Torpedo Boats'''
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|-
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|align=center|{{US-1Bagley}}||align=center|{{US-1Bailey}}||align=center|{{US-1Barney}}||align=center|{{US-1Biddle}}||align=center|{{US-1Cushing}}||align=center|{{US-1DuPont}}
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|-
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|align=center|{{US-1Ericsson}}||align=center|{{US-1Foote}}||align=center|{{US-1Gwin}}||align=center|{{US-1Mackenzie}}||align=center|{{US-1Manley}}||align=center|{{US-1Nicholson}}
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|-
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|align=center|{{US-1O'Brien}}||align=center|{{US-1Porter}}||align=center|{{US-1Rodgers}}||align=center|{{US-1Shubrick}}||align=center|{{US-1Somers}}||align=center|{{US-1Stewart}}
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|-
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|align=center colspan=2|{{US-1Thornton}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-1Tingey}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-1Winslow}}
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|-
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Submarines'''
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|-
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|align=center colspan=2|{{US-Adder}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-Holland}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-Moccasin}}
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|}
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===January, 1908===
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{{US-1Bagley}}, {{US-1Manley}}, {{US-1Stewart}}, {{US-1Thornton}} and {{US-1Tingey}} have left, five in total.
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{{US-1Blakely}}, {{US-1Dahlgren}}, {{US-1Macdonough}}, {{US-1Talbot}}, {{US-1Craven}}, {{US-1Wilkes}} and {{US-1Worden}} have joined, seven.
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Twenty-three torpedo boats and three submarines.
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{|width=75% class=toccolours
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|-
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Stationed in [[Norfolk Navy Yard]]'''{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 212}}
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|-
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Torpedo Boats'''
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|-
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|align=center|{{US-1Bailey}}||align=center|{{US-1Barney}}||align=center|{{US-1Biddle}}||align=center|{{US-1Blakely}}||align=center|{{US-1Cushing}}||align=center|{{US-1Dahlgren}}
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|-
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|align=center|{{US-1DuPont}}||align=center|{{US-1Ericsson}}||align=center|{{US-1Foote}}||align=center|{{US-1Gwin}}||align=center|{{US-1Macdonough}}||align=center|{{US-1Mackenzie}}
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|-
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|align=center|{{US-1Nicholson}}||align=center|{{US-1O'Brien}}||align=center|{{US-1Porter}}||align=center|{{US-1Rodgers}}||align=center|{{US-1Shubrick}}||align=center|{{US-1Somers}}
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|-
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|align=center|{{US-1Talbot}}||align=center|{{US-1Craven}}||align=center|{{US-1Wilkes}}||align=center|{{US-1Winslow}}||align=center|{{US-1Worden}}
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|-
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Submarines'''
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|-
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|align=center colspan=2|{{US-Adder}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-Holland}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-Moccasin}}
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|}
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===January, 1909===
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Many vessels have moved on.
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Seven torpedo boats and three submarines.{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 223}}
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{|width=75% class=toccolours
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|-
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|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=6 | '''Stationed in [[Norfolk Navy Yard]]'''
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|-
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Torpedo Boats'''
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|-
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|align=center|{{US-1Bailey}}||align=center|{{US-1Nicholson}}||align=center|{{US-1O'Brien}}||align=center|{{US-1Porter}}||align=center|{{US-1Shubrick}}||align=center|{{US-1Somers}}
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|-
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|align=center colspan=6|{{US-1Stockton}}
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|-
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|align=center colspan=6|'''Submarines'''
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|-
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|align=center colspan=2|{{US-Adder}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-Holland}}||align=center colspan=2|{{US-Moccasin}}
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
==In Command==
 
==In Command==
  
<div name=fredbot:officeCommand otitle="In Command, Reserve Torpedo Flotilla" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeCommand otitle="In Command, Reserve Torpedo Flotilla" nat="UK">
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=John Francis Marshall, Jr.|nick=John F. Marshall, Jr.|appt=26 June, 1903{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 34}}|end=3 June, 1905{{USOfficerReg1905|p. 32}}{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Irvin Van Gorder Gillis|nick=Irvin Van G. Gillis|appt=3 June, 1905{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 28}}|end=1907{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 26}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Louis Clark Richardson|nick=Louis C. Richardson|appt=1907{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 26}}{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 26}}|end=1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 36}}{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 26}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Frederick Vallette McNair, Jr.|nick=Frederick V. McNair, Jr.|appt=1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 36}}{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 26}}}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCommand>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCommand>
  
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
{{refbegin}}
 
{{refbegin}}
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* [[Mare Island Reserve Torpedo Flotilla]]
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* [[Charleston Reserve Torpedo Flotilla]]
 
{{refend}}
 
{{refend}}
  
 
{{CatNat|Formations|US}}
 
{{CatNat|Formations|US}}
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{{CatNat|Reserve Torpedo Formations|US}}

Latest revision as of 20:24, 3 November 2015

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

Footnotes

  1. Register of Officers, 1904. p. 189.
  2. Register of Officers, 1905. p. 198.
  3. Register of Officers, 1906. p. 28.
  4. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 204.
  5. Register of Officers, 1908. p. 212.
  6. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 223.
  7. Register of Officers, 1904. p. 34.
  8. Register of Officers, 1905. p. 32.
  9. Register of Officers, 1906. p. 28.
  10. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 26.
  11. Register of Officers, 1908. p. 26.
  12. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 26.
  13. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 36.
  14. Register of Officers, 1908. p. 26.
  15. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 36.
  16. Register of Officers, 1908. p. 26.

Bibliography

See Also