U.S.S. Alabama (1898)
From The Dreadnought Project
U.S.S. Alabama (1898) | |
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Hull Number: | BB-8 |
Builder: | William Cramp & Sons[1] |
Ordered: | 10 June, 1896[2] |
Laid down: | 2 Dec, 1896[3] |
Launched: | 18 May, 1898[4] |
Commissioned: | 16 Oct, 1900[5] |
Expended: | 1921[6] |
Fate: | as target |
Service
Alabama was commissioned on 16 October, 1900 with Captain Willard H. Brownson in command.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Willard H. Brownson, October 1900 – 3 November, 1902[7]
- Captain Charles H. Davis, Jr., 3 November, 1902[8]
- Captain Samuel P. Comly, 21 December, 1905[9]
- Captain Ten E. D. W. Veeder, 17 October, 1907[10]
- Commander Julian L. Latimer, 11 October, 1911[11] (and in command of three other old battleships)
- Lieutenant Commander Myles Joyce, 4 March, 1913[12]
- Captain James J. Raby, 18 June, 1917[13]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 142.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 142.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 142.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 142.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 142.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 142.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 24.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 16-17.
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