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The '''Pacific Torpedo Flotilla''' was a formation in the [[United States Navy]] created in the year 1908.
The '''Pacific Torpedo Fleet''' was a formation in the [[United States Navy]] created in the year 1908.


==History==
==History==
The Fleet was formed some time during 1908, as it is first mentioned in the 1908 Officer Register.  It was under the command of a {{CommUS}}, initially comprised of three flotillas commanded by Lieutenants.


===January, 1909===
===January, 1909===
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The flotilla is unchanged in complement, but {{US-1Bainbridge}} and {{US-1Decatur}} do not have captains assigned to them, although no vessels are explicitly noted as being in reserve.


{|width=75% class=toccolours
{|width=75% class=toccolours
|-
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=4 | '''Attached to the [[Pacific Fleet]]'''{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 211}}'''
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=12  width=100%| '''First Flotilla'''{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 221}}'''
|-
|align=center colspan=12|'''Leader'''
|-
|align=center colspan=12|{{US-1Whipple}}
|-
|align=center colspan=12|'''Destroyers'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4 width=33%|{{US-1Hopkins}}||align=center colspan=4 width=33%|{{US-1Hull}}||align=center colspan=4 width=33%|{{US-1Truxtun}}
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=12 | '''Second Flotilla'''{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 221}}'''
|-
|align=center colspan=12|'''Leader'''
|-
|align=center colspan=12|{{US-1Perry}}
|-
|align=center colspan=12|'''Destroyers and Torpedo Boats'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|{{US-1Farragut}}||align=center colspan=4|{{US-1Preble}}||align=center colspan=4|{{US-1Stewart}}
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=12 | '''Third Flotilla'''{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 222}}'''
|-
|align=center colspan=12|'''Leader'''
|-
|align=center colspan=12|{{US-1Lawrence}}
|-
|align=center colspan=12|'''Torpedo Boats'''
|-
|align=center colspan=3|{{US-1Davis}}||align=center colspan=3|{{US-1Fox}}||align=center colspan=3|{{US-1Goldsborough}}||align=center colspan=3|{{US-1Rowan}}
|}
 
===January, 1911===
 
In 1909 or 1910, the Flotillas have been re-designated as "Divisions" in all American naval formations.  {{US-1Davis}} and {{US-1Fox}} are listed with the Third, but actually were temporarily serving in the First Torpedo Division.{{USOfficerReg1911|pp. 236-237}}
 
{|width=75% class=toccolours
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=12  width=100%| '''First Torpedo Division'''
|-
|align=center colspan=12|'''Leader'''
|-
|align=center colspan=12|{{US-1Whipple}}
|-
|align=center colspan=12|'''Destroyers'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4 width=33%|{{US-1Hopkins}}||align=center colspan=4 width=33%|{{US-1Hull}}||align=center colspan=4 width=33%|{{US-1Truxtun}}
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=12 | '''Second Torpedo Division'''
|-
|align=center colspan=12|'''Leader'''
|-
|align=center colspan=12|{{US-1PaulJones}}
|-
|align=center colspan=12|'''Destroyers'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|{{US-1Perry}}||align=center colspan=4|{{US-1Preble}}||align=center colspan=4|{{US-1Stewart}}
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=12 | '''Third Torpedo Division'''
|-
|align=center colspan=12|'''Leader'''
|-
|align=center colspan=12|{{US-1Lawrence}}
|-
|align=center colspan=12|'''Torpedo Boats'''
|-
|align=center colspan=3|{{US-1Davis}}*||align=center colspan=3|{{US-1Fox}}*||align=center colspan=3|{{US-1Goldsborough}}||align=center colspan=3|{{US-1Rowan}}
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=12 | '''First Submarine Division'''
|-
|align=center colspan=12|'''Leader'''
|-
|align=center colspan=12|{{US-Pike}}
|-
|align=center colspan=12|'''Submarine'''
|-
|align=center colspan=12|{{US-Grampus}}
|}
 
===January, 1912===
 
The Fleet is not listed by Divisions in the Register of 1912.  The strength is now nine destroyers, three torpedo boats, two submarines and three tenders.{{USOfficerReg1912|pp. 230-232}}
 
{|width=75% class=toccolours
|-
|style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=12  width=100%| '''Pacific Torpedo Fleet'''
|-
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Leader'''
|align=center colspan=12|'''Destroyers'''
|-
|-
|align=center colspan=4|{{US-1Chauncey}}
|align=center colspan=2 width=16.67%|{{US-1Hopkins}}||align=center colspan=2 width=16.67%|{{US-1Hull}}||align=center colspan=2 width=16.67%|{{US-1Lawrence}}||align=center colspan=2 width=16.67%|{{US-1PaulJones}}||align=center colspan=2 width=16.67%|{{US-1Perry}}||align=center colspan=2 width=16.67%|{{US-1Preble}}
|-
|-
|align=center colspan=4|'''Destroyers'''
|align=center colspan=4|{{US-1Stewart}}||align=center colspan=4|{{US-1Truxtun}}||align=center colspan=4|{{US-1Whipple}}
|-
|-
|align=center|{{US-1Bainbridge}}||align=center|{{US-1Barry}}||align=center|{{US-1Dale}}||align=center|{{US-1Decatur}}*
|align=center colspan=12|'''Torpedo Boats'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|{{US-1Farragut}}||align=center colspan=4|{{US-Goldsborough}}||align=center colspan=4|{{US-Rowan}}
|-
|align=center colspan=12|'''Submarines'''
|-
|align=center colspan=6|{{US-A3}}||align=center colspan=6|{{US-A5}}
|-
|align=center colspan=12|'''Tenders'''
|-
|align=center colspan=4|{{US-Alert}}||align=center colspan=4|{{US-Fortune}}||align=center colspan=4|{{US-Iris}}
|}
|}
-->
==In Command==


<div name=fredbot:officeCommand otitle="In Command, Pacific Torpedo Fleet" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|}}
==Fleet Commanders==
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Andrew Gill|nick=William A. Gill|appt=10 June, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 14}}|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{TenureListEnd}}
<div name=fredbot:officeCommand otitle="In Command, Pacific Torpedo Fleet" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Andrew Gill|nick=William A. Gill|appt=10 June, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 14}}|end=before 5 May, 1909<ref>''The State'' (Columbia, SC) 5 May, 1909 p. 8.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Louis Clark Richardson|nick=Louis C. Richardson|appt=23 October, 1909{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 22}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 24}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCommand>
</div name=fredbot:officeCommand>
===First Flotilla/Division Commanders===
<div name=fredbot:officeFlot1 otitle="Commanding, First Flotilla, Pacific Torpedo Fleet" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=John Gaylord Church|nick=John G. Church|appt=1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 30.  Not mentioned in 1908 edition}}|end=1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 28}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 38}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LtJGUS}}|name=Ross Sherman Culp|nick=Ross S. Culp|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 38}}|end=20 June, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 38}}{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 30}}|as=Commanding, First Division, Pacific Torpedo Fleet}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Martin Kellogg Metcalf|nick=Martin K. Metcalf|appt=20 June, 1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 30}}|end=after 1 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 30}}|as=Commanding, First Group, Pacific Torpedo Flotilla}}
</div name=fredbot:officeFlot1>
===Second Flotilla/Division Commanders===
<div name=fredbot:officeFlot2 otitle="Commanding, Second Flotilla, Pacific Torpedo Fleet" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Edgar Brown Larimer|nick=Edgar B. Larimer|appt=1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 28.  Not mentioned in 1908 edition}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Frank McCommon|nick=Frank McCommon|appt=before 1 January, 1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 30}}|end=1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 30}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 38}}|as=Commanding, Second Division, Pacific Torpedo Fleet}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LtJGUS}}|name=William Alexander Glassford, Jr.|nick=William A. Glassford, Jr.|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 38}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 38}}|as=Commanding, Second Division, Pacific Torpedo Fleet}}
</div name=fredbot:officeFlot2>
===Third Flotilla/Division Commanders===
<div name=fredbot:officeFlot3 otitle="In Command, Third Division, Pacific Torpedo Fleet" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Alfred Graham Howe|nick=Alfred G. Howe|appt=1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 30.  Not mentioned in 1908 edition}}|as=In Command, Third Flotilla, Pacific Torpedo Fleet}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Earl Roof Shipp|nick=Earl R. Shipp|appt=before 1 January, 1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 36}}|end=1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 36}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 38}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LtJGUS}}|name=John Enoch Pond|nick=John E. Pond|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 38}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 38}}|as=Commanding, Third Division, Pacific Torpedo Fleet}}
</div name=fredbot:officeFlot3>
===First Submarine Division Commanders===
<div name=fredbot:officeSubDiv1 otitle="Commanding, First Submarine Division, Pacific Torpedo Fleet" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Kirby Barnes Crittenden|nick=Kirby B. Crittenden|appt=1910{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 32.  Formation is new this year}}|end=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 42}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LtJGUS}}|name=James Perdue Olding|nick=James P. Olding|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 42}}{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 32}}|end=1 July, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 42}}{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 30}}{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Charles Earle Smith|nick=Charles E. Smith|appt=1 July, 1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 30}}|end=after 1 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 30}}|as=Commanding, First Submarine Group, Pacific Torpedo Flotilla}}
</div name=fredbot:officeSuDiv1>
===Second Submarine Division Commanders===
<div name=fredbot:officeSubDiv2 otitle="Commanding, Second Submarine Division, Pacific Torpedo Fleet" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{LtJGUS}}|name=John Taylor Gause Stapler|nick=John T. G. Stapler|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 42.  Formation is new that year}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 42}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeSuDiv2>


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 01:24, 29 March 2022

The Pacific Torpedo Fleet was a formation in the United States Navy created in the year 1908.

History

The Fleet was formed some time during 1908, as it is first mentioned in the 1908 Officer Register. It was under the command of a Commander, initially comprised of three flotillas commanded by Lieutenants.

January, 1909

First Flotilla[1]
Leader
Whipple
Destroyers
Hopkins Hull Truxtun
Second Flotilla[2]
Leader
Perry
Destroyers and Torpedo Boats
Farragut Preble Stewart
Third Flotilla[3]
Leader
Lawrence
Torpedo Boats
Davis Fox Goldsborough Rowan

January, 1911

In 1909 or 1910, the Flotillas have been re-designated as "Divisions" in all American naval formations. Davis and Fox are listed with the Third, but actually were temporarily serving in the First Torpedo Division.[4]

First Torpedo Division
Leader
Whipple
Destroyers
Hopkins Hull Truxtun
Second Torpedo Division
Leader
Paul Jones
Destroyers
Perry Preble Stewart
Third Torpedo Division
Leader
Lawrence
Torpedo Boats
Davis* Fox* Goldsborough Rowan
First Submarine Division
Leader
Pike
Submarine
Grampus

January, 1912

The Fleet is not listed by Divisions in the Register of 1912. The strength is now nine destroyers, three torpedo boats, two submarines and three tenders.[5]

Pacific Torpedo Fleet
Destroyers
Hopkins Hull Lawrence Paul Jones Perry Preble
Stewart Truxtun Whipple
Torpedo Boats
Farragut Goldsborough Rowan
Submarines
A-3 A-5
Tenders
Alert Fortune Template:US-Iris

Fleet Commanders

First Flotilla/Division Commanders

Second Flotilla/Division Commanders

Third Flotilla/Division Commanders

First Submarine Division Commanders

Second Submarine Division Commanders

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 221.
  2. ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 221.
  3. ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 222.
  4. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. pp. 236-237.
  5. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. pp. 230-232.
  6. ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
  7. ↑ The State (Columbia, SC) 5 May, 1909 p. 8.
  8. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 22.
  9. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 24.
  10. ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 30. Not mentioned in 1908 edition.
  11. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 28.
  12. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 38.
  13. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 38.
  14. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 38.
  15. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 30.
  16. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 30.
  17. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 30.
  18. ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 28. Not mentioned in 1908 edition.
  19. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 30.
  20. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 30.
  21. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 38.
  22. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 38.
  23. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 38.
  24. ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 30. Not mentioned in 1908 edition.
  25. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 36.
  26. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 36.
  27. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 38.
  28. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 38.
  29. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 38.
  30. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 32. Formation is new this year.
  31. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 42.
  32. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 42.
  33. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 32.
  34. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 42.
  35. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 30.
  36. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 30.
  37. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 30.
  38. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 42. Formation is new that year.
  39. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 42.

Bibliography

See Also

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