Third Torpedo Flotilla
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The Third Torpedo Flotilla was a formation in the United States Navy created in 1905.
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History
January, 1906
Initial strength is six destroyers.
Attached to the Coast Squadron, North Atlantic Fleet[1] | |||||
Destroyers | |||||
Blakely | Du Pont | Nicholson | O'Brien | Porter | Rodgers |
January, 1907
The flotilla is now attached to the Atlantic Fleet and the strength has been reduced to five destroyers with only Blakely (now at the Naval Torpedo Station) remaining from the previous roster.
Attached to the Atlantic Fleet[2] | ||||
Destroyers | ||||
Blakely* | De Long | Stockton | Stringham | Wilkes |
In Command
- Lieutenant Willis McDowell, before 1 January, 1906[3] – 11 June, 1907[4][5][Inference]
- Lieutenant Willis G. Mitchell, 11 June, 1907[6]
Footnotes
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. pp. 191-2.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. pp. 203-4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 30.
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