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{{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=Edwin James Gillam|nick=Edwin J. Gillam|appt=1914{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 54}}{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 46}}|end=1915{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 48}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=Edwin James Gillam|nick=Edwin J. Gillam|appt=1914{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 54}}{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 46}}|end=1915{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 48}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LtJGUS}}|name=Charles Maynard Cooke, Jr.|nick=Charles M. Cooke, Jr.|appt=before 1916{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 48}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LtJGUS}}|name=Charles Maynard Cooke, Jr.|nick=Charles M. Cooke, Jr.|appt=before 1916{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 48}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=|name=Lawrence Fairfax Reifsnider|nick=Lawrence F. Reifsnider|appt=c. 1917{{NYT|ADMIRAL REIFSNIDER, 37 YEARS IN THE NAVY|May 16, 1956 p. 35}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Wallis Gearing|nick=Wallis Gearing|appt=25 March, 1918{{USOfficerReg1919|pp. 66-67}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Wallis Gearing|nick=Wallis Gearing|appt=25 March, 1918{{USOfficerReg1919|pp. 66-67}}}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:28, 23 February 2022
U.S.S. Sturgeon (1911) | |
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Hull Number: | SS-25 |
Builder: | Fore River Shipbuilding Company[1] |
Launched: | 15 Jun, 1911[2] |
Commissioned: | 14 Feb, 1912 |
Decommissioned: | 20 Oct, 1921 |
Sold: | 19 Apr, 1922 |
She commissioned on 14 February, 1912 with Ensign Clarence N. Hinkamp in command.
Service
On 15 January 1916 , E-2 suffered a battery explosion and fire during dockside tests of a new nickel battery intended to eliminate dangers of chlorine gas release. Four men were killed and seven injured. Lieutenant Chester W. Nimitz led the investigation which cleared E-2's commanding officer Lieutenant Charles M. Cooke, Jr. of blame in the incident.
Captains
- Ensign Clarence N. Hinkamp, 14 February, 1912 – 1912[3]
- Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Dallas C. Laizure, 1912[4] – 1914[5]
- Ensign Edwin J. Gillam, 1914[6][7] – 1915[8]
- Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Charles M. Cooke, Jr., before 1916[9]
- Lawrence F. Reifsnider, c. 1917[10]
- Lieutenant Wallis Gearing, 25 March, 1918[11]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 46.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 46.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 54.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 54.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 46.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 48.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 48.
- ↑ "ADMIRAL REIFSNIDER, 37 YEARS IN THE NAVY." The New York Times, May 16, 1956 p. 35.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 66-67.
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