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| − | '''Naval Station Hawaii''' was a [[United States Navy]] naval base centred on [[Pearl | + | '''Naval Station Hawaii''' was a [[United States Navy]] naval base centred on [[Pearl Harbor]] on the island of Oahu. |
I presume that '''Naval Station Honolulu''' is the same entity. | I presume that '''Naval Station Honolulu''' is the same entity. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| + | Rights to the harbor were obtained in 1887 following intrigue with the Hawaiian Government which is well beyond our scope here. Eminent Domain was used to procure 800 acres of land to accommodate harbor facilities, and in 1902 the bar at the harbor entrance was dredged. The official birthday for the harbor became 13 May 1908 when a naval Act funded the dredging the of entrance channel to admit the largest ships and allowed for the creation of a drydock costing up to $2M, though plans for various scopes of work continued to be discussed. At any event, the dock proved difficult to construct – in February 1913 the floor of the dock failed, requiring an investigation and the hiring of an internationally famous engineer, Alfred Noble, to issue a report on how to proceed. | ||
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| + | On 21 August 1919, after fully $4.4M had been spent, Mrs. Josephus Daniels pressed a button to cause a dock 1,002 feet long, 138 feet wide and of 32.5 feet effective depth to be flooded for the first time. | ||
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| + | Dredging and caisson construction performed in 1936-7 resulted in creation of Battleship Row. | ||
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| + | The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard achieved independent status on 12 December, 1941.<ref name=CH>''Command History Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard''.</ref> | ||
==Commandants== | ==Commandants== | ||
| + | The official name was Naval Station Hawaii until 17 May 1916 when it became the Fourteenth Naval District. | ||
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| + | The Commandant, Fourteen Naval District was also the Commandant of the Navy Yard Pearl Harbor from 17 May 1916 until December, 1941.<ref name=CH/> | ||
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Dates of appointment given: | Dates of appointment given: | ||
| − | <div name=fredbot:officeCom otitle="Commandant, Naval Station, Hawaii" nat="US">{{ | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCom otitle="Commandant, Naval Station, Hawaii" nat="US"> |
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=George Ramsey Clark|nick=George R. Clark|appt= | + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=John Fairfield Merry|nick=John F. Merry|appt=23 May, 1899|end=31 July, 1902|precBy=New Command}} |
| − | {{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William Henry Whiting|nick=William H. Whiting|appt=31 July, 1902|end=23 February, 1903}} |
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Hugh Rodman|nick=Hugh Rodman|appt=24 February, 1903|end=14 August, 1903}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Albert Parker Niblack|nick=Albert P. Niblack|appt=14 August, 1903|end=21 August, 1903}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Silas Wright Terry|nick=Silas W. Terry|appt=21 August, 1903|end=24 December, 1904}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Henry Ware Lyon|nick=Henry W. Lyon|appt=24 December, 1904|end=24 June, 1906}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Samuel Williams Very|nick=Samuel W. Very|appt=26 July, 1906|end=24 April, 1908}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Corwin Pottenger Rees|nick=Corwin P. Rees|appt=17 May, 1916|end=14 August, 1916}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Walter Cleveland Cowles|nick=Walter C. Cowles|appt=13 December, 1910|end=24 March, 1913}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Charles Brainard Taylor Moore|nick=Charles B. T. Moore|appt=24 March, 1913|end=17 July, 1915}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Clifford Joseph Boush|nick=Clifford J. Boush|appt=17 July, 1915|end=17 May, 1916}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Clifford Joseph Boush|nick=Clifford J. Boush|appt=17 May, 1916|end=14 August, 1916|as=Commandant, Fourteenth Naval District}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=George Ramsey Clark|nick=George R. Clark|appt=8 August, 1916|end=13 June, 1918|as=Commandant, Fourteenth Naval District}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Robert Morris Doyle|nick=Robert M. Doyle|appt=13 June, 1918|end=15 May, 1919|as=Commandant, Fourteenth Naval District}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=William Bartlett Fletcher|nick=William B. Fletcher|appt=15 May, 1919{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 10, 11}}|end=6 July, 1920|as=Commandant, Fourteenth Naval District}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=William Rawle Shoemaker|nick=William R. Shoemaker|appt=14 January, 1921|end=28 June, 1921|as=Commandant, Fourteenth Naval District}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Edward Simpson|nick=Edward Simpson|appt=15 September, 1921|end=7 June, 1923|as=Commandant, Fourteenth Naval District}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=John Daniel McDonald|nick=John D. McDonald|appt=18 July, 1923|end=25 October, 1927|as=Commandant, Fourteenth Naval District}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=George Ralph Marvell|nick=George R. Marvell|appt=25 October, 1927|end=4 August, 1930|as=Commandant, Fourteenth Naval District}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Yates Stirling, Jr.|nick=Yates Stirling, Jr.|appt=16 September, 1930|end=10 June, 1933|as=Commandant, Fourteenth Naval District}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Harry Ervin Yarnell|nick=Harry E. Yarnell|appt=22 June, 1933|end=5 October, 1936|as=Commandant, Fourteenth Naval District}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Orin Gould Murfin|nick=Orin G. Murfin|appt=14 November, 1936|end=11 April, 1940|as=Commandant, Fourteenth Naval District}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Claude Charles Bloch|nick=Claude C. Bloch|appt=11 April, 1940|end=2 April, 1942|as=Commandant, Fourteenth Naval District}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCom> | </div name=fredbot:officeCom> | ||
==Aides to Commandant== | ==Aides to Commandant== | ||
Dates of appointment given: | Dates of appointment given: | ||
| − | <div name=fredbot:officeACom otitle="Aide to Commandant, Naval Station, Hawaii" nat="US"> | + | <div name=fredbot:officeACom otitle="Aide to Commandant, Naval Station, Hawaii" nat="US"> |
{{Tenure|rank={{LtJGUS}}|name=Benjamin Franklin Tilley, Jr.|nick=Benjamin F. Tilley, Jr.|appt=5 December, 1915{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 46}}|as=Aide to Commandant, Naval Station, Honolulu}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LtJGUS}}|name=Benjamin Franklin Tilley, Jr.|nick=Benjamin F. Tilley, Jr.|appt=5 December, 1915{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 46}}|as=Aide to Commandant, Naval Station, Honolulu}} | ||
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</div name=fredbot:officeACom> | </div name=fredbot:officeACom> | ||
==Engineer Officers== | ==Engineer Officers== | ||
Dates of appointment given: | Dates of appointment given: | ||
| − | <div name=fredbot:officeEng otitle="Engineer Officer, Naval Station, Hawaii" nat="US"> | + | <div name=fredbot:officeEng otitle="Engineer Officer, Naval Station, Hawaii" nat="US"> |
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Arthur Crenshaw|nick=Arthur Crenshaw|appt=5 February, 1916{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 10}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Arthur Crenshaw|nick=Arthur Crenshaw|appt=5 February, 1916{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 10}}}} | ||
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</div name=fredbot:officeEng> | </div name=fredbot:officeEng> | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
| + | * ''Command History Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard'', Management Engineering Division. July 1959. [https://issuu.com/pearlharbornavalshipyard/docs/nsy_pearl_harbor__command_history__ Online here]. | ||
{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
[[Category:Pages with Offices]] | [[Category:Pages with Offices]] | ||
{{CatNat|Naval Stations|US}} | {{CatNat|Naval Stations|US}} | ||
Latest revision as of 16:23, 22 May 2020
Naval Station Hawaii was a United States Navy naval base centred on Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu.
I presume that Naval Station Honolulu is the same entity.
During the period leading up to the Great War, the facilities were much smaller than they'd become.
Contents
History
Rights to the harbor were obtained in 1887 following intrigue with the Hawaiian Government which is well beyond our scope here. Eminent Domain was used to procure 800 acres of land to accommodate harbor facilities, and in 1902 the bar at the harbor entrance was dredged. The official birthday for the harbor became 13 May 1908 when a naval Act funded the dredging the of entrance channel to admit the largest ships and allowed for the creation of a drydock costing up to $2M, though plans for various scopes of work continued to be discussed. At any event, the dock proved difficult to construct – in February 1913 the floor of the dock failed, requiring an investigation and the hiring of an internationally famous engineer, Alfred Noble, to issue a report on how to proceed.
On 21 August 1919, after fully $4.4M had been spent, Mrs. Josephus Daniels pressed a button to cause a dock 1,002 feet long, 138 feet wide and of 32.5 feet effective depth to be flooded for the first time.
Dredging and caisson construction performed in 1936-7 resulted in creation of Battleship Row.
The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard achieved independent status on 12 December, 1941.[1]
Commandants
The official name was Naval Station Hawaii until 17 May 1916 when it became the Fourteenth Naval District.
The Commandant, Fourteen Naval District was also the Commandant of the Navy Yard Pearl Harbor from 17 May 1916 until December, 1941.[1]
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear Admiral John F. Merry, 23 May, 1899 – 31 July, 1902
- Captain William H. Whiting, 31 July, 1902 – 23 February, 1903
- Lieutenant Commander Hugh Rodman, 24 February, 1903 – 14 August, 1903
- Lieutenant Commander Albert P. Niblack, 14 August, 1903 – 21 August, 1903
- Rear Admiral Silas W. Terry, 21 August, 1903 – 24 December, 1904
- Rear Admiral Henry W. Lyon, 24 December, 1904 – 24 June, 1906
- Rear Admiral Samuel W. Very, 26 July, 1906 – 24 April, 1908
- Rear Admiral Corwin P. Rees, 17 May, 1916 – 14 August, 1916
- Rear Admiral Walter C. Cowles, 13 December, 1910 – 24 March, 1913
- Rear Admiral Charles B. T. Moore, 24 March, 1913 – 17 July, 1915
- Rear Admiral Clifford J. Boush, 17 July, 1915 – 17 May, 1916
- Rear Admiral Clifford J. Boush, 17 May, 1916 – 14 August, 1916
- Captain George R. Clark, 8 August, 1916 – 13 June, 1918
- Rear Admiral Robert M. Doyle, 13 June, 1918 – 15 May, 1919
- Rear Admiral William B. Fletcher, 15 May, 1919[2] – 6 July, 1920
- Rear Admiral William R. Shoemaker, 14 January, 1921 – 28 June, 1921
- Rear Admiral Edward Simpson, 15 September, 1921 – 7 June, 1923
- Rear Admiral John D. McDonald, 18 July, 1923 – 25 October, 1927
- Rear Admiral George R. Marvell, 25 October, 1927 – 4 August, 1930
- Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, Jr., 16 September, 1930 – 10 June, 1933
- Rear Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, 22 June, 1933 – 5 October, 1936
- Rear Admiral Orin G. Murfin, 14 November, 1936 – 11 April, 1940
- Rear Admiral Claude C. Bloch, 11 April, 1940 – 2 April, 1942
Aides to Commandant
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Benjamin F. Tilley, Jr., 5 December, 1915[3]
Engineer Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Arthur Crenshaw, 5 February, 1916[4]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Command History Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 10, 11.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 46.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 10.
Bibliography
- Command History Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Management Engineering Division. July 1959. Online here.
