Boston Navy Yard
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The Boston Navy Yard, also known as the Charlestown Navy Yard, was a U.S. Navy shipyard located in Boston, Massachusetts.
Shipbuilding
| Ship | Type | Launched | Fate |
| U.S.S. Vermont | receiving ship | 14 Sep, 1848 | Sold 15 Apr, 1902 |
| U.S.S. Hartford | screw sloop | 22 Nov, 1858 | Lost 20 Nov, 1956 |
| U.S.S. Wachusett | sloop | 10 Oct, 1861 | Sold 30 Jul, 1887 |
| U.S.S. Canandaigua | screw sloop | 28 Mar, 1862 | Scrapped 1884 |
| U.S.S. Tallapoosa | gunboat | 17 Feb, 1863 | Sold 23 Feb, 1892 |
| U.S.S. Saco | gunboat | 28 Aug, 1863 | Sold 20 Oct, 1883 |
| U.S.S. Ammonoosuc | screw frigate | 21 Jul, 1864 | Sold 27 Sep, 1883 |
| U.S.S. Worcester | screw sloop | 25 Aug, 1866 | Sold 27 Sep, 1883 |
| U.S.S. Alaska | screw sloops | 31 Oct, 1868 | Sold 20 Nov, 1883 |
| U.S.S. Intrepid | torpedo ram | 5 Mar, 1874 | Sold 9 May, 1892 |
| U.S.S. Vandalia | screw sloop | 23 Oct, 1874 | Wrecked 16 Mar, 1889 |
| U.S.S. Bridge | stores ship | 18 May, 1916 | Sold 22 Dec, 1947 |
| U.S.S. Brazos | oiler | 1 May, 1919 | Sold 1947 |
| U.S.S. Neches | oiler | 2 Jun, 1920 | Torpedoed 23 Jan, 1942 |
| U.S.S. Pecos | oiler | 23 Apr, 1921 | Bombed 1 Mar, 1942 |
| U.S.S. Whitney | depot ship | 12 Oct, 1923 | Sold 18 Mar, 1948 |
Commandants
Dates of appointment given:
- Commodore John Rodgers, 15 December, 1866[1] – after September, 1869[2]
- Commodore Oscar C. Badger, 15 February, 1882[3] – 1885
- Commodore Lewis A. Kimberly, 1885 – 1886[4]
- Commodore William P. McCann, 1 June, 1887[5]
- Captain Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., 31 May, 1890[6]
- Commodore Joseph N. Miller, 3 August, 1894[7]
- Rear Admiral Henry L. Howison, 5 May, 1897[8] – March, 1899[9]
- Rear Admiral Mortimer L. Johnson, 3 October, 1901[10]
- Rear Admiral Albert S. Snow, 10 February, 1904[11] – after 1 January, 1907[12]
- Rear Admiral William Swift, 16 November, 1907[13] – 31 December, 1909[Inference]
- Rear Admiral John C. Fremont, 31 December, 1909[14] – 18 March, 1911[15][Inference]
- Captain De Witt Coffman, 18 March, 1911[16] – after 1 January, 1914[17]
- Captain William R. Rush, 6 November, 1914[18] – after 1 January, 1916[19]
- Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, 19 July, 1919[20]
- Rear Admiral Philip Andrews, 23 October, 1925[21] – 31 March, 1930[22]
Aides to Commandant
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Louis A. Kaiser, 14 May, 1914[23] (and as Captain of the Yard)
- Commander Raymond De L. Hasbrouck, 9 December, 1915[24]
Captains of the Yard
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Edmund O. Matthews, 1 December, 1887 – May, 1890[25]
- Captain William Whitehead, 5 September, 1890[26]
- Captain George H. Wadleigh, 13 July, 1897[27]
- Captain Mortimer L. Johnson, 18 October, 1898[28]
- Captain Charles J. Barclay, 5 January, 1901[29] – 1903[30][31]
- Captain George F. F. Wilde, 29 May, 1903[32]
- Captain William H. Everett, 10 October, 1905[33]
- Captain Uriah R. Harris, 1906[34][35] – 15 April, 1907[Inference]
- Captain William A. Marshall, 15 April, 1907[36] – 18 August, 1908[Inference]
- Captain Herbert Winslow, 18 August, 1908[37] – 29 April, 1910[Inference]
- Captain John E. Craven, 29 April, 1910[38] – 9 May, 1911[39][40][Inference]
- Captain Reuben O. Bitler, 9 May, 1911[41] – 16 December, 1912[42][43][Inference]
- Captain Joseph W. Oman, 16 December, 1912[44] – 14 May, 1914[Inference]
- Commander Louis A. Kaiser, 14 May, 1914[45]
- Captain Yancey S. Williams, 18 June, 1924[46] – after 1 January, 1925[47]
- Captain John J. Hyland, 2 February, 1928[48] – June, 1930
- Captain Thomas L. Johnson, 10 July, 1930[49]
- Captain Roe R. Adams, 1 June, 1932[50] – 17 May, 1933[51]
Engineer Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain William S. Moore, 1 June, 1905[52] – 10 January, 1907[Inference]
- Commander George E. Burd, 10 January, 1907[53] – after 1 January, 1909[54]
- Commander Edward L. Beach, 23 May, 1910[55] – 1913[56][57]
- Lieutenant Commander Yancey S. Williams, 1913[58][59]
- Commander Frank Lyon, 16 June, 1915[60]
Ordnance Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander George Brown, October, 1873[61] – 1876[62]
- Captain Robert L. Phythian, 1882 – 1883[63] (Also served as Navigation Officer)
- Commander Samuel W. Very, 21 July, 1896[64] – April 1898[65]
- Captain Samuel W. Very, 28 September, 1901[66]
- Commander James R. Selfridge, 2 October, 1903[67]
- Commander Greenlief A. Merriam, 31 October, 1905[68] – 25 July, 1906[Inference]
- Commander John H. Shipley, 25 July, 1906[69] – after 1 January, 1908[70]
- Commander William R. Rush, 4 January, 1909[71]
Equipment Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Benjamin F. Day, 3 May, 1889[72]
- Commander Henry W. Lyon, 28 April, 1894[73] – 1897
- Commander William I. Moore, 18 June, 1897[74] – May 1898[75]
- Commander Edwin K. Moore, 15 October, 1901[76]
- Captain William A. Marshall, 1 October, 1906[77] – 11 February, 1908[Inference]
- Commander John F. Luby, 11 February, 1908[78]
Inspection Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Sumner E. W. Kittelle, 22 May, 1910[79] – after 1 January, 1913[80]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1867. pp. 14-15.
- ↑ The Norfolk Virginian 21 September, 1869 p. 1.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1882. p. 8.
- ↑ Hamersly. Living Officers 1898. p. 23.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1891. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1897. p. 4.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 4.
- ↑ Boston Globe 25 March, 1899 p. 1.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 10-11.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1926. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1931. p. 364.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 14.
- ↑ Hamersly. Living Officers 1898. p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 14-15.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 14-15.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1929. pp. 14-15.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1931. pp. 12-13.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1933. pp. 18-19.
- ↑ Boston Globe 18 May, 1933 p. 17.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 22.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 22.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1874. pp. 16-17, 142.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1877. p. 148.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1883. p. 152.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 8.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 10.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.
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