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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Louis Kempff|nick=Louis Kempff|appt=20 October, 1885{{USOfficerReg1887|p. 8}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Louis Kempff|nick=Louis Kempff|appt=20 October, 1885{{USOfficerReg1887|p. 8}}}} | ||
Revision as of 03:37, 2 March 2022
| U.S.S. Adams (1874) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Donald McKay at Portsmouth Navy Yard[1] |
| Ordered: | 10 February, 1873[2] |
| Laid down: | Feb, 1874[3] |
| Launched: | 24 Oct, 1874[4] |
| Commissioned: | 21 Jul, 1876[5] |
| Decommissioned: | 5 Aug, 1919[6] |
| Sold: | 5 Aug, 1920[7] |
| Fate: | Mercantile 1920[8] |
U.S.S. Adams was one of five Adams Class gunboats completed for the U.S. Navy.
Service
By 1899, she was serving as a training ship.
Captains
- Commander Frederick Rodgers, 1877[9] – August, 1879[10]
- Commander Edgar C. Merriman, 11 April, 1881[11]
- Commander Louis Kempff, 20 October, 1885[12]
- Commander Edwin T. Woodward, 20 April, 1889[13]
- Commander Walton Goodwin, 13 September, 1899[14]
- Commander Charles E. Fox, 30 August, 1902[15]
- Commander Edmund B. Underwood, 1904[16][17]
- Commander Charles B. T. Moore, c. early 1905[18]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 77.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 77.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 77.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 77.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 77.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 3.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 2.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 2.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1878. pp. 16-17.
- ↑ Evening Star (Washington, DC) 29 July, 1879 p. 1.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1882. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1887. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 14.
Bibliography
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