Mare Island Navy Yard
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The Mare Island Navy Yard was a U.S. naval shipyard located northeast of San Francisco. It was the first American naval base in the Pacific, established in the 1850s.
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Shipbuilding
| Ship | Type | Launched | Fate |
| U.S.S. Mohican | screw sloop | 27 Dec, 1883 | Sold 4 Mar, 1922 |
| U.S.S. Prometheus | repair ship | 5 Dec, 1908 | Sold 29 Aug, 1950 |
| U.S.S. Palos | river gunboat | 23 Apr, 1914 | Sold 3 Jun, 1937 |
| U.S.S. Monocacy | river gunboat | 27 Apr, 1914 | Scuttled 10 Feb, 1940 |
| U.S.S. Kanawha | oiler | 11 Jul, 1914 | Bombed 8 Apr, 1943 |
| U.S.S. Maumee | oiler | 17 Apr, 1915 | Transferred 5 Nov, 1946 |
| U.S.S. Cuyama | oiler | 17 Jun, 1916 | Maritime Commission 1 Jul, 1946 |
| U.S.S. Shaw | destroyer | 9 Dec, 1916 | |
| U.S.S. S.C. 273 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 25 Sep, 1922 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 274 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 5 Nov, 1918 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 275 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Transferred 9 Dec, 1919 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 276 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Transferred 26 Jun, 1920 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 277 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 25 Sep, 1922 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 278 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 25 Sep, 1922 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 279 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Transferred 2 Oct, 1919 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 280 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Transferred 6 Oct, 1919 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 281 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Transferred 6 Oct, 1919 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 282 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Lost 11 Jun, 1920 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 283 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 13 Mar, 1922 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 284 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 24 Mar, 1923 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 285 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 25 Mar, 1927 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 286 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 13 Mar, 1922 |
| U.S.S. S.C. 287 | submarine chaser | 1917 | Sold 25 Feb, 1924 |
| U.S.S. Caldwell | destroyer | 10 Jul, 1917 | |
| U.S.S. Fairfax | destroyer | 15 Dec, 1917 | Broken up 1949 |
| U.S.S. Taylor | destroyer | 14 Feb, 1918 | |
| U.S.S. Boggs | destroyer | 25 Apr, 1918 | Sold 27 Nov, 1946 |
| U.S.S. Kilty | destroyer | 25 Apr, 1918 | |
| U.S.S. Ward | destroyer | 1 Jun, 1918 | Kamikazed 7 Dec, 1944 |
| U.S.S. Kennison | destroyer | 8 Jun, 1918 | |
| U.S.S. Claxton | destroyer | 14 Jan, 1919 | Sold Oct, 1944 |
| U.S.S. Hamilton | destroyer | 15 Jan, 1919 | |
| U.S.S. Litchfield | destroyer | 12 Aug, 1919 | |
| U.S.S. Zane | destroyer | 12 Aug, 1919 | |
| U.S.S. California | dreadnought | 20 Nov, 1919 | Sold 10 Jul, 1959 |
| U.S.S. Wasmuth | destroyer | 15 Sep, 1920 | Foundered 29 Dec, 1942 |
| U.S.S. Trever | destroyer | 15 Sep, 1920 | |
| U.S.S. Perry | destroyer | 29 Oct, 1921 | Mined 13 Sep, 1944 |
| U.S.S. Decatur | destroyer | 29 Oct, 1921 |
Commandants
Dates of appointment given:
- Commodore James Alden, Jr., 1868 – 1869
- Rear Admiral John Rodgers, 30 June, 1873[1] – April, 1877[2]
- Commodore Edward R. Colhoun, 17 April, 1877[3]
- Commodore Thomas S. Phelps, 15 January, 1881[4]
- Commodore John H. Russell, before 15 January, 1884[5]
- Commodore George E. Belknap, 15 June, 1886[6]
- Rear Admiral Andrew E. K. Benham, 21 November, 1888[7]
- Rear Admiral John Irwin, 9 June, 1891[8]
- Captain Henry L. Howison, 17 July, 1893[9] – before July, 1896[10]
- Rear Admiral William A. Kirkland, 1 June, 1896[11] – 15 May, 1899[12][Inference]
- Rear Admiral Louis Kempff, 15 May, 1899[13]
- Rear Admiral Merrill Miller, 11 July, 1900[14] – July 1903[15]
- Rear Admiral Bowman H. McCalla, 11 July, 1903[16] – 4 July, 1906[17][Inference]
- Rear Admiral Henry W. Lyon, 4 July, 1906[18]
- Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus, 25 March, 1910[19] – 19 January, 1911[20][21][Inference] (also Commandant, Twelfth Naval District)
- Captain Henry T. Mayo, 19 January, 1911[22] – 15 January, 1913[23][24][Inference]
- Captain Frank M. Bennett, 15 January, 1913[25] – after 1 January, 1917[26]
- Captain Edward L. Beach, 30 January, 1919[27]
Aides to Commandant
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant Commander Ralph E. Pope, 23 April, 1914[28]
- Commander Joseph M. Reeves, 10 May, 1916[29]
Captains of the Yard
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain J. Crittenden Watson, 20 July, 1890[30]
- Captain Henry L. Howison, August, 1892[31] – 17 June, 1893
- Captain Francis J. Higginson, 21 July, 1894[32]
- Captain Henry Glass, 6 April, 1897[33] – April 1898[34]
- Commander (Retired) John J. Brice, 26 April, 1898[35]
- Captain William W. Mead, 26 June, 1899[36]
- Captain Benjamin F. Tilley, March, 1902 – 11 January, 1905
- Captain Alexander McCrackin, 6 January, 1906[37][38] – 24 December, 1907[Inference]
- Captain John B. Milton, 24 December, 1907[39] – 1908[40][Inference]
- Captain Lucien Young, 1909[41]
- Captain Benjamin Tappan, 14 December, 1909[42] – after 1 January, 1911[43]
- Captain Frank M. Bennett, c. early 1913[44] – after 1 January, 1913[45]
- Captain Ivan C. Wettengel, 24 October, 1925[46]
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant William E. Sewell, 22 July, 1887[47] – March, 1891[48]
Inspection Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Hugh Rodman, 26 September, 1910[49] – 19 October, 1911[50][51][Inference]
- Lieutenant Commander Samuel B. Thomas, 19 October, 1911[52] – 12 June, 1912[53][54][Inference]
- Lieutenant Commander Clarence S. Kempff, 12 June, 1912[55] – after 1 January, 1913[56]
- Lieutenant Commander John S. Graham, 20 July, 1914[57]
Ordnance Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant Commander Frederick M. Symonds, 11 June, 1894[58]
- Lieutenant Commander Franklin J. Drake, 4 October, 1897[59]
- Commander Edmund B. Underwood, 16 March, 1905[60] – 4 May, 1908[61][62]
- Commander Edwin A. Anderson, 4 May, 1908[63]
Equipment Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Thomas Nelson, 1 November, 1888[64] – before 22 March, 1892[65]
- Commander Bowman H. McCalla, 4 October, 1893[66]
- Lieutenant Commander Charles G. Bowman, 3 June, 1897[67]
- Commander Charles B. T. Moore, 1 October, 1901[68]
- Commander Henry C. Gearing, 1 November, 1904[69] – 15 November, 1907[70][71]
- Commander Alexander S. Halstead, 15 November, 1907[72]
Engineer Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander George B. Ransom, 8 August, 1904[73] – 18 June, 1906[74][Inference]
- Commander Clarence A. Carr, 18 June, 1906[75] – after 1 January, 1909[76]
- Commander Franklin D. Karns, 1 December, 1913[77]
- Captain Cleland N. Offley, 11 November, 1915[78]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Register of Officers, July 1873. p. 7.
- ↑ Register of Officers, July 1877. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1880. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1882. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1884. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1887. p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1897. p. 6.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1901. p. 6.
- ↑ San Francisco Examiner 21 July, 1903 p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. pp. 10-11.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 12-13.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 6.
- ↑ San Francisco Call 8 August, 1892 p. 3.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1895. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 6.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 5.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 43.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 229.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1928. pp. 12-13.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 20.
- ↑ San Francisco Examiner 11 March 1891 p. 3.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 26.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 26.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 26.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 12.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1893. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1895. p. 8.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. pp. 12-13.
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