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U.S.S. West Virginia (1903) | |
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Hull Number: | ACR-5 |
Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company[1] |
Ordered: | Act of 3 March, 1899[2] |
Laid down: | 16 Sep, 1901[3] |
Launched: | 18 Apr, 1903[4] |
Commissioned: | 23 Feb, 1905[5] |
Sold: | 1930[6] |
U.S.S. West Virginia was one of six Pennsylvania Class armoured cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy.
Service
She commissioned on 23 February, 1905 with Captain Conway H. Arnold in command.
Captains
- Captain Conway H. Arnold, 23 February, 1905[7] – 23 December, 1907[8][Inference]
- Captain Alexander McCrackin, 23 December, 1907[9] – after 1 January, 1909[10]
- Captain John M. Orchard, before 1 January, 1911[11] – 4 August, 1911[12][13][Inference]
- Captain Alexander S. Halstead, 4 August, 1911[14] – after 1 January, 1912[15]
- Lieutenant Sam C. Loomis, 26 November, 1913[16]
- Captain Edward S. Kellogg, September 1918[17]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 26.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 16-17.
Bibliography
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