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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=James O'Kane|nick=James O'Kane|appt=14 February, 1889{{USOfficerReg1890|p. 6}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=James O'Kane|nick=James O'Kane|appt=14 February, 1889{{USOfficerReg1890|p. 6}}}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=De Witt Coffman|nick=De Witt Coffman|appt=24 October, 1905{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 14}}|end=after 1 January, 1907{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 14}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=De Witt Coffman|nick=De Witt Coffman|appt=24 October, 1905{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 14}}|end=after 1 January, 1907{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 14}}}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:39, 3 November 2015
| U.S.S. Boston (1884) | |
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| Hull Number: | IX-2 (1941)[1] |
| Builder: | John Roach[2] |
| Ordered: | Act of 3 March, 1883[3] |
| Laid down: | 15 November, 1883[4] |
| Launched: | 4 December, 1884[5] |
| Commissioned: | 2 May, 1887[6] |
| Sunk: | 8 April, 1946[7] |
| Fate: | Scuttled off San Francisco |
U.S.S. Boston was one of two Atlanta Class protected cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy.
Service
She was launched on 4 December 1884 by John Roach, and commissioned on 2 May 1887, Captain Francis M. Ramsay in command.
Captains
- Captain Francis M. Ramsay, 2 May, 1887
- Captain James O'Kane, 14 February, 1889[8]
- Captain Frank Wildes, 18 November, 1895[9]
- Captain George F. F. Wilde, September, 1898[10] – May, 1899[11]
- Captain William H. Whiting, May, 1899[12] – July, 1899[13]
- Commander Charles P. Perkins, 29 July, 1902[14]
- Commander Samuel W. B. Diehl, before 1904[15]
- Commander De Witt Coffman, 24 October, 1905[16] – after 1 January, 1907[17]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 448.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 448.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 150.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 448.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 448.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 448.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 448.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 6.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 5.
- ↑ Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 106.
- ↑ Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 106.
- ↑ Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 99.
- ↑ Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 99.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 14.
Bibliography
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