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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Joseph Lee Jayne|nick=Joseph L. Jayne|appt=16 October, 1911{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 12}}|end=after 1 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 12}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Joseph Lee Jayne|nick=Joseph L. Jayne|appt=16 October, 1911{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 12}}|end=after 1 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 12}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=John Adrian Hoogewerff|nick=John A. Hoogewerff|appt=5 February, 1914{{USOfficerReg1917|pp. 10-11}}|end=after 1 January, 1920{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 10-11}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=John Adrian Hoogewerff|nick=John A. Hoogewerff|appt=5 February, 1914{{USOfficerReg1917|pp. 10-11}}|end=after 1 January, 1920{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 10-11}}}} | ||
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Revision as of 18:48, 3 November 2015
The United States Naval Observatory is situated in Washington, D.C.. It was founded in 1842.
History
Superintendents
- Captain Charles H. Davis, Jr., 1 November, 1898[1]
- Rear Admiral Colby M. Chester, 1 November, 1902[2] – 28 February, 1906[3][Inference]
- Rear Admiral Asa Walker, 28 February, 1906[4] – 2 December, 1907[Inference]
- Rear Admiral William J. Barnette, 2 December, 1907[5] – after 1 January, 1909[6]
- Captain Joseph L. Jayne, 16 October, 1911[7] – after 1 January, 1913[8]
- Captain John A. Hoogewerff, 5 February, 1914[9] – after 1 January, 1920[10]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. pp. 10-11.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 10-11.
