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==Fleet Commanders== | ==Fleet Commanders== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCommand otitle="In Command, Pacific Torpedo Fleet" nat="UK"> | <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= | {{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}}}} | {{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=== | ===First Flotilla/Division Commanders=== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeFlot1 otitle="Commanding, First Flotilla, Pacific Torpedo Fleet" nat="UK"> | <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= | {{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}} | {{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> | </div name=fredbot:officeFlot1> | ||
===Second Flotilla/Division Commanders=== | ===Second Flotilla/Division Commanders=== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeFlot2 otitle=" | <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=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}}|as= | {{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> | </div name=fredbot:officeFlot2> | ||
===Third Flotilla/Division Commanders=== | ===Third Flotilla/Division Commanders=== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeFlot3 otitle="In Command, Third Division, Pacific Torpedo Fleet" nat="UK"> | <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=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}}}} | {{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> | </div name=fredbot:officeFlot3> | ||
===First Submarine Division Commanders=== | ===First Submarine Division Commanders=== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeSubDiv1 otitle="Commanding, First Submarine Division, Pacific Torpedo Fleet" nat="UK"> | <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={{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={{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}} | {{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> | </div name=fredbot:officeSuDiv1> | ||
===Second Submarine Division Commanders=== | ===Second Submarine Division Commanders=== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeSubDiv2 otitle="Commanding, Second Submarine Division, Pacific Torpedo Fleet" nat="UK"> | <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}}}} | {{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> | </div name=fredbot:officeSuDiv2> | ||
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
- Commander William A. Gill, 10 June, 1908[6] – before 5 May, 1909[7]
- Lieutenant Commander Louis C. Richardson, 23 October, 1909[8] – after 1 January, 1912[9]
First Flotilla/Division Commanders
- Lieutenant John G. Church, 1908[10] – 1911[11][12]
- Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Ross S. Culp, 1911[13] – 20 June, 1912[14][15]
- Lieutenant Martin K. Metcalf, 20 June, 1912[16] – after 1 January, 1913[17]
Second Flotilla/Division Commanders
- Lieutenant Edgar B. Larimer, 1908[18]
- Lieutenant Frank McCommon, before 1 January, 1911[19] – 1911[20][21]
- Lieutenant (Junior Grade) William A. Glassford, Jr., 1911[22] – after 1 January, 1912[23]
Third Flotilla/Division Commanders
- Lieutenant Alfred G. Howe, 1908[24]
- Lieutenant Earl R. Shipp, before 1 January, 1911[25] – 1911[26][27]
- Lieutenant (Junior Grade) John E. Pond, 1911[28] – after 1 January, 1912[29]
First Submarine Division Commanders
- Lieutenant Kirby B. Crittenden, 1910[30] – 1911[31]
- Lieutenant (Junior Grade) James P. Olding, 1911[32][33] – 1 July, 1912[34][35][Inference]
- Lieutenant Charles E. Smith, 1 July, 1912[36] – after 1 January, 1913[37]
Second Submarine Division Commanders
- Lieutenant (Junior Grade) John T. G. Stapler, 1911[38] – after 1 January, 1912[39]
Footnotes
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 221.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 221.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 222.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. pp. 236-237.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. pp. 230-232.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
- ↑ The State (Columbia, SC) 5 May, 1909 p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 22.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 24.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 30. Not mentioned in 1908 edition.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 28.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 38.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 38.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 38.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 28. Not mentioned in 1908 edition.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 38.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 38.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 38.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 30. Not mentioned in 1908 edition.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 36.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 36.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 38.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 38.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 38.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 32. Formation is new this year.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 42.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 42.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 32.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 42.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 42. Formation is new that year.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 42.
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