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The '''Philadelphia Navy Yard''' was a [[U.S. Navy]] shipyard located on League Island in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the facility was also known as the ''League Island Navy Yard''.
The '''Philadelphia Navy Yard''' was a [[U.S. Navy]] shipyard located on League Island in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the facility was also known as the '''League Island Navy Yard'''.


==Shipbuilding==
==Shipbuilding==
<div name=fredbot:ships>
{|border=1
|'''Ship'''||'''Type'''||'''Launched'''||'''Fate'''
|-
|{{US-2Dale|f=p}}||receiving ship||8 Nov, 1839||Transferred 23 Jul, 1906
|-
|{{US-Wabash|f=p}}||receiving ship||24 Oct, 1855||Sold 30 Dec, 1912
|-
|{{US-Lancaster|f=p}}||screw sloop||20 Oct, 1858||Transferred 1 Feb, 1913
|-
|{{US-1Wyoming|f=p}}||sloop||19 Jan, 1859||Sold 9 May, 1892
|-
|{{US-Tuscarora|f=p}}||sloop||24 Aug, 1861||Sold 20 Nov, 1883
|-
|{{US-Juniata|f=p}}||screw sloop||20 Mar, 1862||Sold 25 Mar, 1891
|-
|{{US-Monongahela|f=p}}||screw sloop||10 Jul, 1862||Burned 17 Mar, 1908
|-
|{{US-Shenandoah|f=p}}||screw sloop||8 Dec, 1862||Sold 30 Jul, 1887
|-
|{{US-1Kansas|f=p}}||gunboat||29 Sep, 1863||Sold 27 Sep, 1883
|-
|{{US-Yantic|f=p}}||gunboat||19 Mar, 1864||Foundered 22 Oct, 1929
|-
|{{US-Congress|f=p}}||screw sloop||17 Jul, 1868||Sold 27 Sep, 1883
|-
|{{US-1Omaha|f=p}}||screw sloops||10 Jun, 1869||Sold 17 Apr, 1915
|-
|{{US-Quinnebaug|f=p}}||screw sloop||28 Sep, 1875||Sold 25 Mar, 1891
|-
|{{US-Sandpiper|f=p}}||minesweeper||28 Apr, 1919||Transferred 12 Oct, 1946
|-
|{{US-Vireo|f=p}}||minesweeper||26 May, 1919||Sold 4 Feb, 1947
|-
|{{US-Warbler|f=p}}||minesweeper||30 Jul, 1919||Sold 12 Aug, 1948
|-
|{{US-Willet|f=p}}||minesweeper||11 Sep, 1919||Sold 2 Nov, 1948
|-
|{{US-Dobbin|f=p}}||depot ship||5 May, 1921||Transferred 24 Dec, 1946
|}
</div name=fredbot:ships>


==Commandants==
==Commandants==
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment given:
<div name=fredbot:officeD otitle="Commandant, Navy Yard, Philadelphia" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|Commandant, Navy Yard, Philadelphia}}
<div name=fredbot:officeCom otitle="Commandant, Navy Yard, Philadelphia" nat="US">
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=Edward Simpson|nick=Edward Simpson|appt=8 January, 1881{{USOfficerReg1882|p. 8}}|as=Commandant, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Henry Bates Seely|nick=Henry B. Seely|appt=2 December, 1885{{USOfficerReg1890|p. 6}}|as=Commandant, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William Alexander Kirkland|nick=William A. Kirkland|appt=15 July, 1891{{USOfficerReg1892|p. 6}}|as=Commandant, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Norman von Heldreich Farquhar|nick=Norman H. Farquhar|appt=7 March, 1894{{USOfficerReg1896|p. 6}}|as=Commandant, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=John Adams Howell|nick=John A. Howell|appt=15 June, 1896{{USOfficerReg1898|p. 4}}|end=January, 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 4}}|as=Commandant, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=Silas Casey|nick=Silas Casey|appt=13 January, 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 4}}|as=Commandant, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=James Hoban Sands|nick=James H. Sands|appt=|end=December 1902{{USOfficerReg1903|pp. 6, 183}}|as=Commandant, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Charles Dwight Sigsbee|nick=Charles D. Sigsbee|appt=1 May, 1903{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 6}}|as=Commandant, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Joseph Edgar Craig|nick=Joseph E. Craig|appt=18 March, 1905{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 6}}|end=3 June, 1907{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 6}}{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 6}}|as=Commandant, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Benjamin Franklin Tilley|nick=Benjamin F. Tilley|appt=23 February, 1907|end=18 March, 1907|note=died|as=Commandant, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Edwin Conway Pendleton|nick=Edwin C. Pendleton|appt=3 June, 1907{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 6}}|end=after 1 January, 1909{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 6}}|note=also Commandant, [[Fourth Naval District]]|as=Commandant, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Albert Weston Grant|nick=Albert W. Grant|appt=21 March, 1910{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 10}}|end=15 August, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 10}}{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 10}}{{INF}}|note=and as Commandant, [[Fourth Naval District]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William Shepherd Benson|nick=William S. Benson|appt=15 August, 1913{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 10}}|end=before 17 June, 1915}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=John Joseph Knapp|nick=John J. Knapp|appt=17 June, 1915|end=28 September, 1915<ref>''Brooklyn Daily Eagle'' 29 September, 1915 p. 9.</ref>|note=Died while in office}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Robert Lee Russell|nick=Robert L. Russell|appt=3 December, 1915{{USOfficerReg1917|pp. 10-11}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCom>
 
==Aides to Commandant==
Dates of appointment given:
<div name=fredbot:officeACom otitle="Aide to Commandant, Navy Yard, Philadelphia" nat="US">
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=William Lord Littlefield|nick=William L. Littlefield|appt=22 September, 1915{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 18}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John McClane Luby|nick=John McC. Luby|appt=9 June, 1916{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 16}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=William Henry Allen|nick=William H. Allen|appt=before 1 January, 1917{{USOfficerReg1917|pp. 22-23}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeACom>


==Captains of the Yard==
==Captains of the Yard==
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment given:
<div name=fredbot:officeD otitle="Captain of the Yard, Navy Yard, Philadelphia" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of the Yard, Navy Yard, Philadelphia}}
<div name=fredbot:officeCap otitle="Captain, Navy Yard, Philadelphia" nat="US">
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Edwin Samuel Houston|nick=Edwin S. Houston|appt=3 January, 1897{{USOfficerReg1898|p. 8}}|as=Captain, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Charles Edgar Clark|nick=Charles E. Clark|appt=1 March, 1899{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 8}}|as=Captain, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck Lillie|nick=Abraham B. H. Lillie|appt=1903{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 8}}|as=Captain, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Frank Adams Wilner|nick=Frank A. Wilner|appt=11 January, 1907{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 10}}|as=Captain, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Edwin Alexander Anderson|nick=Edwin A. Anderson|appt=3 November, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 12}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 12}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Ralph Payne Craft|nick=Ralph P. Craft|appt=20 January, 1927{{USOfficerReg1928|pp. 16-17}}|end=|note=and in command of rec. barracks}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCap>
 
==Engineer Officers==
Dates of appointment given:
<div name=fredbot:officeEng otitle="Engineer Officer, Navy Yard, Philadelphia" nat="US">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Robert Gracy Denig|nick=Robert G. Denig|appt=14 January, 1903{{USOfficerReg1905|p. 14}}|end=1 July, 1907{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 12}}{{INF}}|as=Engineer Officer, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=John Kennedy Barton|nick=John K. Barton|appt=1 July, 1907{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 10}}|as=Engineer Officer, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Benjamin Chambers Bryan|nick=Benjamin C. Bryan|appt=22 July, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 12}}|end=3 December, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 10}}{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 12}}{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William Strother Smith|nick=William S. Smith|appt=3 December, 1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 12}}|end=after 1 January, 1915{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 10}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Stanford Elwood Moses|nick=Stanford E. Moses|appt=18 February, 1916{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 14}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeEng>


==Ordnance Officers==
==Ordnance Officers==
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment given:
<div name=fredbot:officeD otitle="Ordnance Officer, Navy Yard, Philadelphia" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|Ordnance Officer, Navy Yard, Philadelphia}}
<div name=fredbot:officeOrd otitle="Ordnance Officer, Navy Yard, Philadelphia" nat="US">
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Edwin Longnecker|nick=Edwin Longnecker|appt=28 August, 1895{{USOfficerReg1898|p. 8}}|as=Ordnance Officer, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Parker Potter|nick=William P. Potter|appt=1 November, 1899{{USList&Station1900|p. 8}}|as=Ordnance Officer, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Duncan Kennedy|nick=Duncan Kennedy|appt=21 October, 1901{{USOfficerReg1902|p. 12}}|end=before 21 October, 1902|as=Ordnance Officer, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Alfred Reynolds|nick=Alfred Reynolds|appt=1 December, 1902{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 12}}|end=25 July, 1905{{USOfficerReg1905|p. 14}}{{INF}}|as=Ordnance Officer, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=George William Mentz|nick=George W. Mentz|appt=1 September, 1905{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 12}}|as=Ordnance Officer, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Hamilton Hutchins|nick=Hamilton Hutchins|appt=25 July, 1905{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 12}}|note=also Equipment Officer|as=Ordnance Officer, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Josiah Slutts McKean|nick=Josiah S. McKean|appt=20 January 1907{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 18}}|end=after 1 January, 1909{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 18}}|as=Ordnance Officer, Navy Yard, League Island}}
</div name=fredbot:officeOrd>
 
==Ordnance Captains==
 
Dates of appointment given:
<div name=fredbot:officeOrdCap otitle="Ordnance Captain, Navy Yard, League Island" nat="US">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Frank Adams Wilner|nick=Frank A. Wilner|appt=before 1 January, 1907{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 12}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeOrdCap>


==Equipment Officers==
==Equipment Officers==
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment given:
<div name=fredbot:officeD otitle="Equipment Officer, Navy Yard, Philadelphia" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|Equipment Officer, Navy Yard, Philadelphia}}
<div name=fredbot:officeEq otitle="Equipment Officer, Navy Yard, Philadelphia" nat="US">
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Felix McCurley|nick=Felix McCurley|appt=11 April, 1893{{USOfficerReg1896|p. 8}}|as=Equipment Officer, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Hamilton Hutchins|nick=Hamilton Hutchins|appt=17 September, 1900{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 14}}|end=10 June, 1903{{INF}}|as=Equipment Officer, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John Charles Colwell|nick=John C. Colwell|appt=10 June, 1903{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 14}}|end=25 July, 1905{{USOfficerReg1905|p. 14}}{{INF}}|as=Equipment Officer, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Hamilton Hutchins|nick=Hamilton Hutchins|appt=25 July, 1905{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 12}}|note=also Ordnance Officer|as=Equipment Officer, Navy Yard, League Island|end=1 November, 1907{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Moses Lindley Wood|nick=Moses L. Wood|appt=1 November, 1907{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 12}}|end=15 July, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 12}}{{INF}}|as=Equipment Officer, Navy Yard, League Island}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Thomas Slidell Rodgers|nick=Thomas S. Rodgers|appt=15 July, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 12}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeEq>
 
==Inspection Officers==
Dates of appointment given:
<div name=fredbot:officeInsp otitle="Inspection Officer, Navy Yard, Philadelphia" nat="US">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Lauriston Howard|nick=William L. Howard|appt=1 November, 1909{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 12}}|end=6 November, 1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 12}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 24}}{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=David Carlisle Hanrahan|nick=David C. Hanrahan|appt=6 November, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 24}}|end=after 1 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 22}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Claude Bernard Price|nick=Claude B. Price|appt=16 October, 1914{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 14}}|end=after 1 January, 1916{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 14}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeInsp>
 
==Inspectors of Ordnance==
Dates of appointment given:
<div name=fredbot:officeIoO otitle="Inspector of Ordnance, Navy Yard, Philadelphia" nat="US">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Bartlett James Cromwell|nick=Bartlett J. Cromwell|appt=September 1874<ref name=usna>[https://www.usna.edu/Library/sca/man-findingaids/view.php?f=MS_330 USNA Finding Aid for his papers].</ref>|end=February 1878<ref name=usna>[https://www.usna.edu/Library/sca/man-findingaids/view.php?f=MS_330 USNA Finding Aid for his papers].</ref>|as=Inspector of Ordnance, League Island Navy Yard}}
</div name=fredbot:officeIoO>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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The Philadelphia Navy Yard was a U.S. Navy shipyard located on League Island in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the facility was also known as the League Island Navy Yard.

Shipbuilding

Ship Type Launched Fate
U.S.S. Dale receiving ship 8 Nov, 1839 Transferred 23 Jul, 1906
U.S.S. Wabash receiving ship 24 Oct, 1855 Sold 30 Dec, 1912
U.S.S. Lancaster screw sloop 20 Oct, 1858 Transferred 1 Feb, 1913
U.S.S. Wyoming sloop 19 Jan, 1859 Sold 9 May, 1892
U.S.S. Tuscarora sloop 24 Aug, 1861 Sold 20 Nov, 1883
U.S.S. Juniata screw sloop 20 Mar, 1862 Sold 25 Mar, 1891
U.S.S. Monongahela screw sloop 10 Jul, 1862 Burned 17 Mar, 1908
U.S.S. Shenandoah screw sloop 8 Dec, 1862 Sold 30 Jul, 1887
U.S.S. Kansas gunboat 29 Sep, 1863 Sold 27 Sep, 1883
U.S.S. Yantic gunboat 19 Mar, 1864 Foundered 22 Oct, 1929
U.S.S. Congress screw sloop 17 Jul, 1868 Sold 27 Sep, 1883
U.S.S. Omaha screw sloops 10 Jun, 1869 Sold 17 Apr, 1915
U.S.S. Quinnebaug screw sloop 28 Sep, 1875 Sold 25 Mar, 1891
U.S.S. Sandpiper minesweeper 28 Apr, 1919 Transferred 12 Oct, 1946
U.S.S. Vireo minesweeper 26 May, 1919 Sold 4 Feb, 1947
U.S.S. Warbler minesweeper 30 Jul, 1919 Sold 12 Aug, 1948
U.S.S. Willet minesweeper 11 Sep, 1919 Sold 2 Nov, 1948
U.S.S. Dobbin depot ship 5 May, 1921 Transferred 24 Dec, 1946

Commandants

Dates of appointment given:

Aides to Commandant

Dates of appointment given:

Captains of the Yard

Dates of appointment given:

Engineer Officers

Dates of appointment given:

Ordnance Officers

Dates of appointment given:

Ordnance Captains

Dates of appointment given:

Equipment Officers

Dates of appointment given:

Inspection Officers

Dates of appointment given:

Inspectors of Ordnance

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Register of Officers, 1882. p. 8.
  2. Register of Officers, 1890. p. 6.
  3. Register of Officers, 1892. p. 6.
  4. Register of Officers, 1896. p. 6.
  5. Register of Officers, 1898. p. 4.
  6. List and Station, July 1898. p. 4.
  7. List and Station, July 1898. p. 4.
  8. Register of Officers, 1903. pp. 6, 183.
  9. Register of Officers, 1904. p. 6.
  10. Register of Officers, 1906. p. 6.
  11. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 6.
  12. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 6.
  13. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 6.
  14. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 6.
  15. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 10.
  16. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 10.
  17. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 10.
  18. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 10.
  19. Brooklyn Daily Eagle 29 September, 1915 p. 9.
  20. Register of Officers, 1917. pp. 10-11.
  21. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 18.
  22. Register of Officers, 1917. p. 16.
  23. Register of Officers, 1917. pp. 22-23.
  24. Register of Officers, 1898. p. 8.
  25. Register of Officers, 1900. p. 8.
  26. Register of Officers, 1903. p. 8.
  27. Register of Officers, 1908. p. 10.
  28. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 12.
  29. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 12.
  30. Register of Officers, 1928. pp. 16-17.
  31. Register of Officers, 1905. p. 14.
  32. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 12.
  33. Register of Officers, 1908. p. 10.
  34. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 12.
  35. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 10.
  36. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
  37. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
  38. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 10.
  39. Register of Officers, 1917. p. 14.
  40. Register of Officers, 1898. p. 8.
  41. List and Station, July 1900. p. 8.
  42. Register of Officers, 1902. p. 12.
  43. Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.
  44. Register of Officers, 1905. p. 14.
  45. Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.
  46. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 12.
  47. Register of Officers, 1908. p. 18.
  48. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 18.
  49. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 12.
  50. Register of Officers, 1896. p. 8.
  51. Register of Officers, 1903. p. 14.
  52. Register of Officers, 1904. p. 14.
  53. Register of Officers, 1905. p. 14.
  54. Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.
  55. Register of Officers, 1908. p. 12.
  56. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 12.
  57. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 12.
  58. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.
  59. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.
  60. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 24.
  61. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 24.
  62. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 22.
  63. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
  64. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 14.
  65. 65.0 65.1 USNA Finding Aid for his papers.

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