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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>
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Augustus Gove|nick=Charles A. Gove|appt=4 April, 1910{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 8}}|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Hugh Rodman|nick=Hugh Rodman|appt=2 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 12}}|end=22 December, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 12}}{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 10}}{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William Ledyard Rodgers|nick=William L. Rodgers|appt=22 December, 1913{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 10}}|end=15 June, 1915{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 10}}{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 10}}{{INF}}}}
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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=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 21:30, 28 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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