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==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 [[Archibald Henderson Scales|Archibald H. Scales]].<ref>Grand Fleet Secret packs, Volume LXXXIV.  {{TNA|ADM 137/1964.}} f. 411.</ref>
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William Andrew Gill|nick=William A. Gill|appt=15 June, 1915{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 10}}|end=May, 1916{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 10}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Archibald Henderson Scales|nick=Archibald H. Scales|appt=27 May, 1916{{USOfficerReg1917|pp. 12-13}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Charles Francis Preston|nick=Charles F. Preston|appt=18 January, 1917{{USOfficerReg1919|pp. 16-17}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Reginald Rowan Belknap|nick=Reginald R. Belknap|appt=21 July, 1919{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 12-13}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Robert Whitehead McNeely|nick=Robert W. McNeely|appt=31 December, 1921{{USOfficerReg1922|pp. 12-13}}|end=}}
 
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Latest revision as of 01:30, 29 March 2022

U.S.S. Delaware (1909)
Hull Number: BB-28
Pendant Number: 98 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company[2]
Laid down: 11 Nov, 1907[3]
Launched: 6 Feb, 1909[4]
Commissioned: 4 Apr, 1910[5]
Sold: 5 Feb, 1924

Service

In December, 1917, she was one of four American battleships to join the Grand Fleet, under the command of Captain Archibald H. Scales.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 326.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 113.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 113.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 113.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 113.
  6. Grand Fleet Secret packs, Volume LXXXIV. The National Archives. ADM 137/1964. f. 411.
  7. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 8.
  8. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 10.
  9. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 10.
  10. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
  11. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
  12. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 10.
  13. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 10.
  14. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 10.
  15. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 10.
  16. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 10.
  17. Register of Officers, 1917. p. 10.
  18. Register of Officers, 1917. pp. 12-13.
  19. Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 16-17.
  20. Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 12-13.
  21. Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 12-13.

Bibliography


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