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− | The '''Atlantic Fleet''' was a fleet of the [[U.S. Navy]] formed in 1906 by combining the preceding [[North Atlantic Fleet (U.S. Navy)|North Atlantic Fleet]] and the [[South | + | The '''Atlantic Fleet''' was a fleet of the [[U.S. Navy]] formed in 1906 by combining the preceding [[North Atlantic Fleet (U.S. Navy)|North Atlantic Fleet]] and the [[South Atlantic Squadron (U.S. Navy)|South Atlantic Squadron]]. |
==Institution and Background== | ==Institution and Background== | ||
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==Commanders of the Atlantic Fleet== | ==Commanders of the Atlantic Fleet== | ||
− | <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Commanding Atlantic Fleet" nat=" | + | <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Commanding Atlantic Fleet" nat="US"> |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Robley Dunglison Evans|nick=Robley D. Evans|appt=March, 1905<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>|end=May,1908<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Robley Dunglison Evans|nick=Robley D. Evans|appt=March, 1905<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>|end=May,1908<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>|precBy=[[Robley Dunglison Evans|Robley D. Evans]] Commanding [[North Atlantic Fleet (U.S. Navy)|North Atlantic Fleet]]}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Charles Stillman Sperry|nick=Charles S. Sperry|appt=May, 1908<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>|end=March, 1909<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Charles Stillman Sperry|nick=Charles S. Sperry|appt=May, 1908<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>|end=March, 1909<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Seaton Schroeder|nick=Seaton Schroeder|appt=March, 1909<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>|end=June, 1911<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Seaton Schroeder|nick=Seaton Schroeder|appt=March, 1909<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>|end=June, 1911<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Hugo | + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Hugo Osterhaus|nick=Hugo Osterhaus|appt=June, 1911<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>|end=January, 1913<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Charles Johnston Badger|nick=Charles J. Badger|appt=January, 1913<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>|end=September, 1914<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Charles Johnston Badger|nick=Charles J. Badger|appt=January, 1913<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>|end=September, 1914<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Frank Friday Fletcher|nick=Frank F. Fletcher|appt=September, 1914<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>|end=June, 1916<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Frank Friday Fletcher|nick=Frank F. Fletcher|appt=September, 1914<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>|end=June, 1916<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Marc Andrew Mitscher|nick=Marc A. Mitscher|appt=26 September, 1946<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>|end=3 February, 1947<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>|succBy=[[William Henry Purnell Blandy|William H. P. Blandy]] as Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet and Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Marc Andrew Mitscher|nick=Marc A. Mitscher|appt=26 September, 1946<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>|end=3 February, 1947<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet Wikipedia].</ref>|succBy=[[William Henry Purnell Blandy|William H. P. Blandy]] as Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet and Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:office0> | </div name=fredbot:office0> | ||
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+ | ==Other Personnel== | ||
+ | ===Commander, Train=== | ||
+ | <div name=fredbot:officeTrain otitle="Commander Train, Atlantic Fleet" nat="US"> | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=William Ledyard Rodgers|nick=William L. Rodgers|appt=14 August, 1916{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 8}}|end=c. October, 1918<ref>''Washington Post'' 27 October, 1918 p. 6.</ref>}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeTrain> | ||
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+ | ===Commander Azores Detachment=== | ||
+ | <div name=fredbot:officeAzores otitle="Commander Azores Detachment, Atlantic Fleet" nat="US"> | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Herbert Omar Dunn|nick=Herbert O. Dunn|appt=1917|end=after 1 January, 1919{{USOfficerReg1919|pp. 10-11}}}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeAzores> | ||
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==Seconds-in-Command, Atlantic Fleet== | ==Seconds-in-Command, Atlantic Fleet== | ||
− | <div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Second-in-Command, Atlantic Fleet" nat=" | + | <div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Second-in-Command, Atlantic Fleet" nat="US"> |
</div name=fredbot:office1> | </div name=fredbot:office1> | ||
==Destroyer Flotilla Commanders== | ==Destroyer Flotilla Commanders== | ||
− | <div name=fredbot:officeFlot otitle=" | + | <div name=fredbot:officeFlot otitle="Commander Destroyer Flotillas of the Atlantic Fleet" nat="US"> |
</div name=fredbot:officeFlot> | </div name=fredbot:officeFlot> | ||
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===Chiefs of Staff=== | ===Chiefs of Staff=== | ||
− | <div name=fredbot:officeCoS otitle="Chief of Staff to C-in-C, Atlantic Fleet" nat=" | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCoS otitle="Chief of Staff to C-in-C, Atlantic Fleet" nat="US"> |
</div name=fredbot:officeCoS> | </div name=fredbot:officeCoS> | ||
===Captains of the Fleet=== | ===Captains of the Fleet=== | ||
− | <div name=fredbot:officeCaptF otitle="Captain of the Fleet, Atlantic Fleet" nat=" | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCaptF otitle="Captain of the Fleet, Atlantic Fleet" nat="US"> |
</div name=fredbot:officeCaptF> | </div name=fredbot:officeCaptF> | ||
===Fleet Gunnery Officer=== | ===Fleet Gunnery Officer=== | ||
− | <div name=fredbot:officeFGO otitle="Fleet Gunnery Officer, Atlantic Fleet" nat=" | + | <div name=fredbot:officeFGO otitle="Fleet Gunnery Officer, Atlantic Fleet" nat="US"> |
</div name=fredbot:officeFGO> | </div name=fredbot:officeFGO> | ||
===Fleet Torpedo Officer=== | ===Fleet Torpedo Officer=== | ||
− | <div name=fredbot:officeFTO otitle="Fleet Torpedo Officer, Atlantic Fleet" nat=" | + | <div name=fredbot:officeFTO otitle="Fleet Torpedo Officer, Atlantic Fleet" nat="US"> |
</div name=fredbot:officeFTO> | </div name=fredbot:officeFTO> | ||
===Fleet Signal Officer=== | ===Fleet Signal Officer=== | ||
− | <div name=fredbot:officeFSO otitle="Fleet Signal Officer, Atlantic Fleet" nat=" | + | <div name=fredbot:officeFSO otitle="Fleet Signal Officer, Atlantic Fleet" nat="US"> |
</div name=fredbot:officeFSO> | </div name=fredbot:officeFSO> | ||
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Called "Master of the Fleet" before Cloete. | Called "Master of the Fleet" before Cloete. | ||
− | <div name=fredbot:officeFNO otitle="Fleet Navigating Officer, Atlantic Fleet" nat=" | + | <div name=fredbot:officeFNO otitle="Fleet Navigating Officer, Atlantic Fleet" nat="US"> |
</div name=fredbot:officeFNO> | </div name=fredbot:officeFNO> | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:20, 26 February 2022
The Atlantic Fleet was a fleet of the U.S. Navy formed in 1906 by combining the preceding North Atlantic Fleet and the South Atlantic Squadron.
Contents
Institution and Background
Composition
Commanders of the Atlantic Fleet
- Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, March, 1905[1] – May,1908[2]
- Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, May, 1908[3] – March, 1909[4]
- Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder, March, 1909[5] – June, 1911[6]
- Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus, June, 1911[7] – January, 1913[8]
- Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger, January, 1913[9] – September, 1914[10]
- Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, September, 1914[11] – June, 1916[12]
- Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo, June, 1916[13] – June, 1919[14]
- Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Jr., June, 1919[15] – June, 1921[16]
- Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones, Jr., June, 1921[17] – December, 1922[18]
- Rear Admiral Ernest J. King, 1 February, 1941[19] – 30 December, 1941[20]
- Rear Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, 30 December, 1941[21] – 15 November, 1944[22]
- Rear Admiral Jonas H. Ingram, 15 November, 1944[23] – 26 September, 1946[24]
- Rear Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, 26 September, 1946[25] – 3 February, 1947[26]
Other Personnel
Commander, Train
- Rear Admiral William L. Rodgers, 14 August, 1916[27] – c. October, 1918[28]
Commander Azores Detachment
- Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn, 1917 – after 1 January, 1919[29]
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