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{{US-1Blakely}} and {{US-1Wilkes}} have left to join the [[Reserve Torpedo Flotilla]], with {{US-1Thornton}} and {{US-1Tingey}} joining from that same formation. | {{US-1Blakely}} and {{US-1Wilkes}} have left to join the [[Reserve Torpedo Flotilla]], with {{US-1Thornton}} and {{US-1Tingey}} joining from that same formation. | ||
Revision as of 04:01, 15 August 2018
The Third Torpedo Flotilla was a formation in the United States Navy created in 1905.
History
January, 1906
Initial strength is six torpedo boats.
| Attached to the Coast Squadron, North Atlantic Fleet[1] | |||||
| Destroyers | |||||
| Blakely | Du Pont | Nicholson | O'Brien | Porter | Rodgers |
January, 1907
The flotilla is now attached to the Atlantic Fleet and the strength has been reduced to five torpedo boats with only Blakely (now at the Naval Torpedo Station) remaining from the previous roster.
| Attached to the Atlantic Fleet[2] | ||||
| Destroyers | ||||
| Blakely* | De Long | Stockton | Stringham | Wilkes |
January, 1908
If the Flotilla is still assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, it is not explicitly stated. Strength is five boats, with Stringham, the largest, operating as flotilla leader.
Blakely and Wilkes have left to join the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla, with Thornton and Tingey joining from that same formation.
| Attached to the Atlantic Fleet?[3] | |||
| Leader | |||
| Stringham | |||
| Destroyers | |||
| De Long | Stockton | Thornton | Tingey |
January, 1909
Stringham, Stockton have left to join the Charleston Reserve Torpedo Flotilla and the Norfolk Reserve Torpedo Flotilla, respectively.
Wilkes has returned from the Norfolk Reserve Torpedo Flotilla, and Macdonough has also joined, keeping the overall strength at five torpedo boats.
| Attached to the Atlantic Fleet?[4] | |||
| Leader | |||
| Macdonough | |||
| Destroyers | |||
| De Long | Thornton | Tingey | Wilkes |
In Command
- Lieutenant Willis McDowell, before 1 January, 1906[5] – 11 June, 1907[6][7][Inference]
- Lieutenant Willis G. Mitchell, 11 June, 1907[8] – after 1 January, 1909[9]
Footnotes
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. pp. 191-2.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. pp. 203-4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 212.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 222.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 30.
Bibliography
See Also
