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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Wirt Kimball|nick=William W. Kimball|appt=before 1 | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Wirt Kimball|nick=William W. Kimball|appt=before 1 January, 1903{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 12}}|end=10 December, 1903{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 12}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Charles Earle Smith|nick=Charles E. Smith|appt=25 January, 1912|end=24 January, 1913<ref>"The Navy Gazette". ''Army and Navy Register''. 25 January, 1913. Vol. '''LIII''', No. '''1,698''', p. 119.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Charles Earle Smith|nick=Charles E. Smith|appt=25 January, 1912|end=24 January, 1913<ref>"The Navy Gazette". ''Army and Navy Register''. 25 January, 1913. Vol. '''LIII''', No. '''1,698''', p. 119.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Joseph Vance Ogan|nick=Joseph V. Ogan|appt=20 February, 1913{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 32}}|end=21 January, 1914<ref>"The Navy Gazette". ''Army and Navy Register''. 24 January, 1914. Vol. '''LV''', No. '''1,749''', p. 119.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Joseph Vance Ogan|nick=Joseph V. Ogan|appt=20 February, 1913{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 32}}|end=21 January, 1914<ref>"The Navy Gazette". ''Army and Navy Register''. 24 January, 1914. Vol. '''LV''', No. '''1,749''', p. 119.</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 16:20, 21 February 2022
| U.S.S. Alert (1874) | |
|---|---|
| Hull Number: | AS-4 |
| Builder: | John Roach & Sons[1] |
| Ordered: | 10 February, 1873[2] |
| Laid down: | September, 1873[3] |
| Launched: | 18 September, 1874[4] |
| Commissioned: | 27 May, 1875[5] |
| Decommissioned: | 9 March, 1922[6] |
| Sold: | 29 July, 1922[7] |
| Fate: | Broken up |
U.S.S. Alert was one of three Alert Class gunboats completed for the U.S. Navy.
Service
Alert was commissioned on 27 May, 1875 under the command of Commander William Thomas Sampson.
In early 1916, Alert was stationed in Pearl Harbor, helping to support the operations of four K class submarines.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander William T. Sampson, 27 May, 1875
- Commander Charles L. Huntington, 3 March, 1879[9] – June 1881[10]
- Commander Louis Kempff, 18 June, 1881[11]
- Commander Charles J. Barclay, before 15 January, 1884[12]
- Commander James D. Graham, 15 January, 1887[13]
- Commander James G. Green, 23 January, 1889[14]
- Commander Roswell D. Hitchcock, 7 October, 1890[15]
- Commander George E. Ide, 8 October, 1894[16]
- Commander Franklin Hanford, 21 July, 1895[17]
- Lieutenant Lucien Young, December, 1897 – January, 1898[18]
- Commander Eugene H. C. Leutze, January, 1898[19]
- Commander Gottfried Blocklinger, 11 May, 1901
- Commander William W. Kimball, before 1 January, 1903[20] – 10 December, 1903[21]
- Lieutenant Charles E. Smith, 25 January, 1912 – 24 January, 1913[22]
- Lieutenant Joseph V. Ogan, 20 February, 1913[23] – 21 January, 1914[24]
- Lieutenant Bruce L. Canaga, 21 January, 1914[25] – before 1916[26]
- Lieutenant (Junior Grade) John C. Thom, 1916[27][28]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 78.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 78.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 78.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 78.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 78.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 2.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 78.
- ↑ Estimates Submitted to the Secretary of the Navy, Volume II, 1916. pp. 1553-4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1880. p. 11.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1881. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1882. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1884. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1887. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1895. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 10.
- ↑ "Pensacola News Journal 6 October, 1912 p. 5.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 12.
- ↑ "The Navy Gazette". Army and Navy Register. 25 January, 1913. Vol. LIII, No. 1,698, p. 119.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 32.
- ↑ "The Navy Gazette". Army and Navy Register. 24 January, 1914. Vol. LV, No. 1,749, p. 119.
- ↑ "The Navy Gazette". Army and Navy Register. 24 January, 1914. Vol. LV, No. 1,749, p. 119.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 52.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 52.
Bibliography
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