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The '''North Atlantic Squadron''' was a formation of the [[U.S. Navy]].  It was renamed as the '''North Atlantic Fleet''' in 1902. 

In 1905 the [[European Squadron (U.S. Navy)|European]] and [[South Atlantic Squadron (U.S. Navy)|South Atlantic Squadrons]] were subsumed into the North Atlantic Fleet, and the combined force was renamed the [[Atlantic Fleet (U.S. Navy)|Atlantic Fleet]] in 1906.

==Institution and Background==

==Composition==

==Commanders of the North Atlantic Squadron/Fleet==

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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=William Radford|nick=William Radford|appt=28 April, 1865<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Radford Wikipedia.]</ref>|end=mid October 1865{{NYT|TODO: Find Headline|Mon. 16 October, 1865, p. 8}}|note=also in command of [[South Atlantic Squadron (U.S. Navy)|South Atlantic Squadron]]{{NYT|TODO: Find Headline|Thu. 17 August, 1865, p. 2}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=James Shedden Palmer|nick=James S. Palmer|appt=1 November 1865|end=7 December 1867}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Henry Kuhn Hoff|nick=Henry K. Hoff|appt=22 February 1868|end=19 August 1869}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Charles Henry Poor|nick=Charles H. Poor|appt=19 August 1869|end=9 June 1870}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Samuel Phillips Lee|nick=Samuel P. Lee|appt=June 1870|end=May 1873}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Gustavus Hall Scott|nick=Gustavus H. Scott|appt=May 1873|end=13 June 1874}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=James Robert Madison Mullany|nick=James R. M. Mullany|appt=13 June 1874|end=January 1876}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=William Edgar Le Roy|nick=William E. Le Roy|appt=January 1876|end=September 1876}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Stephen Decatur Trenchard|nick=Stephen D. Trenchard|appt=September 1876|end=September 1878}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=John Cummings Howell|nick=John C. Howell|appt=September 1878|end=January 1879}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Robert Harris Wyman|nick=Robert H. Wyman|appt=17 January 1879<ref>''Baltimore Sun'' 18 January, 1879 p. 1.</ref>|end=1 May 1882}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=George H. Cooper|nick=George H. Cooper|appt=1 May 1882|end=19 June 1884}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=Stephen Bleecker Luce|nick=Stephen B. Luce|appt=26 June 1884|end=20 September 1884}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=James Edward Jouett|nick=James E. Jouett|appt=20 September 1884|end=June 1886}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Stephen Bleecker Luce|nick=Stephen B. Luce|appt=18 June 1886|end=28 January 1889}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Bancroft Gherardi|nick=Bancroft Gherardi|appt=28 January 1889|end=10 September 1892}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=John Grimes Walker|nick=John G. Walker|appt=10 September 1892|end=June 1893}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Andrew Ellicot Kennedy Benham|nick=Andrew E. K. Benham|appt=June 1893|end=April 1894}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Richard Worsam Meade|nick=Richard W. Meade|appt=April 1894|end=May 1895}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=Francis Marvin Bunce|nick=Francis M. Bunce|appt=2 June 1895|end=1 May 1897}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Montgomery Sicard|nick=Montgomery Sicard|appt=1 May 1897|end=28 March 1898}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=William Thomas Sampson|nick=William T. Sampson|appt=28 March 1898|end=October 1899}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Norman von Heldreich Farquhar|nick=Norman H. Farquhar|appt=October 1899|end=1 May 1901}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Francis John Higginson|nick=Francis J. Higginson|appt=1 May, 1901|end=29 December, 1902}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Francis John Higginson|nick=Francis J. Higginson|appt=29 December, 1902|end=July, 1903|as=Commanding North Atlantic Fleet|note="Commanding North Atlantic Fleet" from here on}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Albert Smith Barker|nick=Albert S. Barker|appt=July, 1903|end=March, 1905|as=Commanding North Atlantic Fleet}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Robley Dunglison Evans|nick=Robley Dunglison Evans|appt=March, 1905|end=1 January, 1906|as=Commanding North Atlantic Fleet|succBy=[[Robley Dunglison Evans|Robley D. Evans]] Commanding [[Atlantic Fleet (U.S. Navy)|Atlantic Fleet]]}}
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===Caribbean Squadron===

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{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Joseph Bullock Coghlan|nick=Joseph B. Coghlan|appt=2 June, 1902{{USOfficerReg1902|p. 6}}|end=after 1 January, 1904{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 6}}}}
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==Seconds-in-Command, Atlantic Fleet==

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==Destroyer Flotilla Commanders==

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==Other Personnel==
===Chiefs of Staff===

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===Captains of the Fleet===

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===Fleet Gunnery Officer===

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===Fleet Torpedo Officer===

<div name=fredbot:officeFTO otitle="Fleet Torpedo Officer, Atlantic Fleet" nat="US">
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===Fleet Signal Officer===

<div name=fredbot:officeFSO otitle="Fleet Signal Officer, Atlantic Fleet" nat="US">
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===Fleet Navigating Officer===

Called "Master of the Fleet" before Cloete.

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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Fleet}}
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