Charleston Navy Yard
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The Charleston Navy Yard was a U.S. Navy shipyard located in Charleston, South Carolina that commenced operations in 1901.
Shipbuilding
Among other ships, the yard built destroyers for the U.S. Navy starting with the U.S.S. Tillman, completed in 1921.
Commandants
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Edwin Longnecker, 14 June, 1903[1] – 1 September, 1904[Inference]
- Captain Robert M. Berry, 1 September, 1904[2] (also Commandant 6th Naval District)
- Captain John A. H. Nickels, 15 November, 1905[3]
- Captain George L. Dyer, 5 April, 1906[4]
- Rear Admiral James D. Adams, 2 January, 1909[5] – 15 April, 1910[Inference] (also Commandant, Sixth Naval District)
- Rear Admiral Charles E. Fox, 15 April, 1910[6] – 12 October, 1911[7][8][Inference] (also Commandant, Sixth Naval District)
- Rear Admiral James M. Helm, 12 October, 1911[9] – after 1 January, 1913[10] (also Commandant, Sixth Naval District)
- Rear Admiral John R. Edwards, 2 October, 1914[11] – after 1 January, 1915[12]
- Captain Benjamin C. Bryan, 8 July, 1915[13]
- Rear Admiral Edwin A. Anderson, 28 November, 1918[14]
Aides to Commandant
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant James W. Hayward, 8 December, 1914[15]
- Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Walter L. Heiberg, 17 August, 1914[16]
Captains of the Yard
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Albert L. Key, 26 September, 1910[17] – 26 October, 1911[18][19] (and in command of Texas)
- Commander Armistead Rust, 26 October, 1911[20] – after 1 January, 1912[21] (and in command of Baltimore)
- Commander Warren J. Terhune, 25 November, 1913[22] (and in command of U.S.S. Hartford)
Engineer Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant Commander Willis G. Mitchell, 4 January, 1910[23] – 5 July, 1913[24][25][Inference]
- Lieutenant Commander William T. Tarrant, 5 July, 1913[26]
- Lieutenant Halford R. Greenlee, 16 June, 1916[27]
Ordnance Officers
Dates of appointment given:
Equipment Officers
Dates of appointment given:
Inspection Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Noble E. Irwin, 28 December, 1911[28] – after 1 January, 1912[29]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. pp. 10-11.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 10-11.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 44.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 26.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 22.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 30.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
Bibliography