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− | |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Florida''''' was one of two [[Florida Class Battleship (1909)|Florida class]] | + | |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Florida''''' was one of two [[Florida Class Battleship (1909)|''Florida'' class dreadnoughts]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]]. |
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
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+ | In December, 1917, she was one of four American battleships to join the [[Grand Fleet]], under the command of Captain [[Thomas Washington]].<ref>Grand Fleet Secret packs, Volume LXXXIV. {{TNA|ADM 137/1964.}} f. 411.</ref> | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
− | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Florida''" nat=US> | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Florida''" nat="US"> |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Harry Shepard Knapp|nick=Harry S. Knapp|appt=15 September, 1911{{USDANFS|f/florida-v}}|end=1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 10}}{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 12}}|precBy=New Command}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William John Maxwell|nick=William J. Maxwell|appt=1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 12}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 10}}|end=6 August, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 12}}{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 10}}{{INF}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William Rees Rush|nick=William R. Rush|appt=6 August, 1913{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 10}}|end=21 December, 1914{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 10}}{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 10}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Hilary Pollard Jones, Jr.|nick=Hilary P. Jones, Jr.|appt=21 December, 1914{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 10}}|end=24 June, 1916{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 10}}{{USOfficerReg1917|pp. 12-13}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Thomas Washington|nick=Thomas Washington|appt=24 June, 1916{{USOfficerReg1917|pp. 12-13}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Montgomery Meigs Taylor|nick=Montgomery M. Taylor|appt=14 October, 1918{{USOfficerReg1919|pp. 14-15}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=John Keeler Robison|nick=John K. Robison|appt=1919{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 12-13}}{{USOfficerReg1919|pp. 14-15}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Bion Barnett Bierer|nick=Bion B. Bierer|appt=18 May, 1921{{USOfficerReg1922|pp. 12-13}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=David French Boyd, Jr.|nick=David F. Boyd, Jr.|appt=8 September, 1925{{USOfficerReg1928|pp. 12-13}}|end=April, 1928}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William Randall Sayles|nick=William R. Sayles|appt=before 1 January, 1930{{USOfficerReg1930|pp. 14, 15}}|end=}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:25, 14 March 2022
U.S.S. Florida (1910) | |
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Hull Number: | BB-30 |
Builder: | New York Navy Yard |
Laid down: | 9 Mar, 1909 |
Launched: | 12 May, 1910 |
Commissioned: | 15 Sep, 1911 |
Decommissioned: | 16 Feb, 1931 |
Stricken: | 6 Apr, 1931 |
Scrapped: | 30 Sep, 1932 |
U.S.S. Florida was one of two Florida class dreadnoughts completed for the U.S. Navy.
Service
In December, 1917, she was one of four American battleships to join the Grand Fleet, under the command of Captain Thomas Washington.[1]
Captains
- Captain Harry S. Knapp, 15 September, 1911[2] – 1912[3][4]
- Captain William J. Maxwell, 1912[5][6] – 6 August, 1913[7][8][Inference]
- Captain William R. Rush, 6 August, 1913[9] – 21 December, 1914[10][11]
- Captain Hilary P. Jones, Jr., 21 December, 1914[12] – 24 June, 1916[13][14]
- Captain Thomas Washington, 24 June, 1916[15]
- Captain Montgomery M. Taylor, 14 October, 1918[16]
- Captain John K. Robison, 1919[17][18]
- Captain Bion B. Bierer, 18 May, 1921[19]
- Captain David F. Boyd, Jr., 8 September, 1925[20] – April, 1928
- Captain William R. Sayles, before 1 January, 1930[21]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Grand Fleet Secret packs, Volume LXXXIV. The National Archives. ADM 137/1964. f. 411.
- ↑ DANFS
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. pp. 12-13.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. pp. 12-13.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 14-15.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 12-13.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 14-15.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 12-13.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1928. pp. 12-13.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1930. pp. 14, 15.
Bibliography
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