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The '''South Atlantic Squadron''' (also called the '''Brazil Squadron''' or the '''Brazil Station''') was a formation of the [[U.S. Navy]] dating back to the 1820s.

In 1905, it and the [[European Squadron (U.S. Navy)|European Squadron]] merged into the [[North Atlantic Fleet (U.S. Navy)|North Atlantic Fleet]].

==Institution and Background==

==Composition==

==Commanders of the Squadron==

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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren|nick=John A. B. Dahlgren|appt=c. 1864<ref>''Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper'', London.  1 January, 1865, p. 1.</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{RearUS}}|name=William Radford|nick=William Radford|appt=c. August, 1865{{NYT|TODO: Find Headline|Thu. 17 August, 1865, p. 2}}|end=mid October 1865{{NYT|TODO: Find Headline|Mon. 16 October, 1865, p. 8}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Sylvanus William Godon|nick=Sylvanus W. Godon|appt=c. mid 1866{{NYT|TODO: Find Headline|Tue. 13 Nov 1866. p. 8}}|end=late 1866}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Charles Henry Davis|nick=Charles H. Davis|appt=1867}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}} (retired)|name=George Frederick Pearson|nick=George F. Pearson|appt=c. December, 1866{{NYT|TODO: Find Headline|Wed. 12 Dec 1866. p. 1}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Charles Stuart Norton|nick=Charles S. Norton|appt=c. 1895{{USOfficerReg1896|p. 109}}|end=1896}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Yates Stirling|nick=Yates Stirling|appt=1896{{USOfficerReg1897|p. 113}}|end=1897}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Colby Mitchell Chester|nick=Colby M. Chester|appt=1897{{USOfficerReg1898|p. 113}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Henry Lycurgus Howison|nick=Henry L. Howison|appt=30 March, 1899<ref>''Brooklyn Daily Eagle'' 30 March, 1899 p. 3.</ref>|end=2 October, 1899<ref>''Brooklyn Daily Eagle'' 3 October, 1899 p. 2.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Winfield Scott Schley|nick=Winfield S. Schley|appt=November 1899{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 153}}|end=9 October, 1901}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=George Watson Sumner|nick=George W. Sumner|appt=1902{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 170}}|end=1903}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Benjamin Peffer Lamberton|nick=Benjamin P. Lamberton|appt=1903{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 183}}|end=}}
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Atlantic_Squadron}}
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