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The United States Navy Yard, New York - better known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard or the New York Naval Shipyard (NYNSY) - is an American shipyard, located in Brooklyn
Brooklyn

Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
, northeast of the Battery on the East River
East River

The East River is a tidal strait in New York City. It connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates Long Island from the island of Manhattan and the Bronx on the North American mainland....
 in Wallabout Basin
Wallabout Bay

Wallabout Bay is small body of water in Upper New York Bay along the northwest shore of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, between the present Williamsburg Bridge and Manhattan Bridge, opposite Corlear's Hook on Manhattan to the west, across the East River....
, a semicircular bend of the River across from Corlear's Hook in Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
. It is bounded by Navy Street, Flushing
Flushing Avenue

Flushing Avenue is an approximately five mile street running through northern Brooklyn and west central Queens beginning at the termination of Nassau Street, on the northern fringe of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, and ending where it merges with Grand Street , in Maspeth....
 and Clinton Avenues, and at the height of its production of U.S. Navy warship
Warship

A warship is a ship that is built and primarily intended for combat. Warships are usually built in a completely different way than cargo ship....
s it covered over .

owing the American Revolution
American Revolution

The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the British Empire and then rejected the British monarchy to become the sovereign United States of America....
, the waterfront site was used to build merchant vessels.






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The United States Navy Yard, New York - better known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard or the New York Naval Shipyard (NYNSY) - is an American shipyard, located in Brooklyn
Brooklyn

Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
, northeast of the Battery on the East River
East River

The East River is a tidal strait in New York City. It connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates Long Island from the island of Manhattan and the Bronx on the North American mainland....
 in Wallabout Basin
Wallabout Bay

Wallabout Bay is small body of water in Upper New York Bay along the northwest shore of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, between the present Williamsburg Bridge and Manhattan Bridge, opposite Corlear's Hook on Manhattan to the west, across the East River....
, a semicircular bend of the River across from Corlear's Hook in Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
. It is bounded by Navy Street, Flushing
Flushing Avenue

Flushing Avenue is an approximately five mile street running through northern Brooklyn and west central Queens beginning at the termination of Nassau Street, on the northern fringe of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, and ending where it merges with Grand Street , in Maspeth....
 and Clinton Avenues, and at the height of its production of U.S. Navy warship
Warship

A warship is a ship that is built and primarily intended for combat. Warships are usually built in a completely different way than cargo ship....
s it covered over .

Navy

Following the American Revolution
American Revolution

The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the British Empire and then rejected the British monarchy to become the sovereign United States of America....
, the waterfront site was used to build merchant vessels. Federal authorities purchased the old docks and of land for forty thousand dollars in 1801, and the property became an active U.S. Navy shipyard
Shipyard

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 five years later, in 1806. The offices, store-houses and barracks
Barracks

Barracks are living quarters for personnel on a military post. They are typically very plain and all of the buildings in the housing unit are often uniform structures....
 were constructed of handmade bricks
Bricks

Bricks may refer to:* Brick, an artificial stone made by forming clay into rectangular blocks* Brick , a slang term for a device that cannot function due to internal failure...
, and the yard's oldest structure (located in Vinegar Hill
Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn

Vinegar Hill is a neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City on the East River waterfront between DUMBO, Brooklyn and the New York Navy Yard....
), the 1807 federal style commandant's house, was designed by Charles Bulfinch
Charles Bulfinch

Charles Bulfinch was an early United States architect, and has been regarded by many as the first native-born American to practice architecture as a architect....
, architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
 of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
. Many officers were housed in Admiral's Row
Admiral's Row

Admiral's Row is a row of Second Empire style homes formerly used by naval officers in the New York City borough of Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and owned by the United States Army Corps of Engineers....
.

Military chain of command
Chain of command

In a military context, the chain of command is the line of authority and responsibility along which orders are passed within a military unit and between different units....
 was strictly observed. During the Yard's construction of Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton

Robert Fulton was an United States engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the first commercially successful steamboat. He also designed a new type of steam warship....
's steam frigate
Frigate

A frigate is a warship. The term has been used for warships of many sizes and roles over the past few centuries.In the 18th century, the term referred to ships which were as long as a ship-of-the-line and were square rig on all three masts , but were faster and with lighter armament, used for patrolling and escort....
, Fulton
Fulton Ferry (ferry)

The Fulton Ferry was the first ferry route connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York City, United States, joining Fulton Street and Fulton Street across the East River....
, launched in 1815, the year of Fulton's death, the Navy Yard's chief officers were listed as follows:

  • Captain Commandant: Samuel Evans
    Samuel Evans

    Samuel Evans may refer to:* Samuel Evans , Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross* Satyananda Stokes , Samuel Evans Stokes, apple grower and freedom fighter...
  • Master Commandant: George W. Rodgers
  • Lieutenant
    Lieutenant

    Lieutenant is a military, naval, paramilitary, fire service, emergency medical services or police commissioned officer military rank.Lieutenant may also appear as part of a title used in various other organisations with a codified command structure....
     of the Yard: Benjamin Cooper
  • Master of the Yard: Francis H. Ellison
  • Surgeon
    Surgeon

    In medicine, a surgeon is a person who performs surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such to remove a diseased organ or to repair a tear or breakage....
     of the Yard & Marine Barracks
    Barracks

    Barracks are living quarters for personnel on a military post. They are typically very plain and all of the buildings in the housing unit are often uniform structures....
    : J.G.T. Hunt
  • Purser
    Purser

    The purser joined the warrant officer ranks of the Royal Navy in the early fourteenth century. The development of the warrant officer system began in 1040 when Cinque Ports began furnishing warships to King Edward the Confessor in exchange for certain privileges, they also furnished crews whose officers were the Captain , Boatswain, Carpenter and...
     of the Navy Yard: George S. Wise, Jr.
  • Naval Storekeeper
    Storekeeper

    Storekeeper is an Enlisted rank rating in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard....
    : John P. Decatur
  • Naval Constructor
    Constructor

    A constructor may refer to a number of things:* Blueprint, a model or a plan for construction of something.* Constructor , a special method used in object oriented programming which puts the object's members into a valid state....
    : John Floyd
  • Major
    Major

    In many European languages, the term Major refers to a military rank, denoting seniority at one of usually various levels of rank, for example: "Sergeant-Major" denoting the most senior ranking sergeant of a large military unit; "Captain-Major", denoting a mid-level command status Officer ...
     commanding the Marine Corps
    Marine corps

    Marines are military forces optimised for operations at sea. Historically marine forces are part of a navy. However, in some countries the marine force is under independent command....
    : Richard Smith


The nation's first ironclad ship, Monitor
USS Monitor

USS Monitor was the first ironclad warship warship commissioned by the United States Navy. She is most famous for her participation in the first-ever naval battle between two ironclad warships, the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862 during the American Civil War, in which Monitor fought the ironclad CSS Virginia of the Confedera...
, was fitted with its revolutionary iron cladding at the Continental Iron Works in nearby Greenpoint
Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bordered on the southwest by Williamsburg, Brooklyn at the Bushwick inlet, on the southeast by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on the north by Newtown Creek and Long Island City, Queens at the Pulaski Bridge, and on th...
. By the American Civil War
American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
, the yard had expanded to employ about 6000 men. In 1890, the ill-fated Maine
USS Maine (ACR-1)

United States Navy ships Maine , the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the state of Maine, was a 6,682-ton second-class pre-dreadnought battleship originally designated as Armored Cruiser #1....
 was launched
Ship naming and launching

The ceremonies involved in naming and launching naval ships are based in traditions thousands of years old....
 from the Yard's ways.

On the eve of World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, the yard contained more than five miles (8 km) of paved streets, four dry dock
Dry dock

A drydock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform....
s ranging in length from 326 to 700 feet (99 to 213 meters), two steel shipways, and six pontoons and cylindrical floats for salvage work, barracks for marines, a power plant, a large radio station, and a railroad spur, as well as the expected foundries, machine shops, and warehouses. In 1937 the battleship
Battleship

A battleship is a large, heavily armour warship with a main artillery battery consisting of the largest calibre of guns. Battleships were larger, better armed, and better armored than cruisers and destroyers....
 North Carolina
USS North Carolina (BB-55)

USS North Carolina was a battleship of the United States Navy, the lead ship of the two-ship , and was the first new battleship to enter service World War II following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor....
 was laid down. In 1938, the yard employed about ten thousand men, of whom one-third were Works Progress Administration
Works Progress Administration

The Works Progress Administration was the largest New Deal agency, employing millions of people and affecting almost every locality in the United States, especially rural and western mountain populations....
 (WPA) workers. The battleship Iowa
USS Iowa (BB-61)

USS Iowa was the lead ship of Iowa class battleship of battleship and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named in honor of Iowa. Iowa is the only US battleship to have been equipped with a bathtub, and was the only ship of the class to have served in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II....
 was completed in 1942. On January 12, 1953, test operations began on Antietam, which emerged in December 1952 from the Yard as America's first angled-deck aircraft carrier
Aircraft carrier

An aircraft carrier is a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering aircraft, acting as a seagoing airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a navy force to project air power great distances without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations....
.

At its peak, during World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, the yard employed 70,000 people, 24 hours a day. The Brooklyn Navy Yard made extensive use of asbestos
Asbestos

Asbestos is a naturally occurring silicate mineral with long, thin fibrous crystals. The word asbestos is derived from a Greek language adjective meaning inextinguishable....
 in the manufacturing and repairing of its ships during the twentieth century, which caused extensive and often mortal health problems for its workers in the following years. While the federal government successfully resisted responsibility in court, thousands of retired workers have successfully sued the private businesses that supplied asbestos products to the U.S. Navy.

Commercial

The Navy decommissioned the yard in 1966 and sold it to the City of New York
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. It then became an area of private manufacturing and commercial activity. It now has over 200 tenants with more than 3,500 employees, and is managed and operated by the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation for the City of New York.

The yard has three piers, owned by the city and operated by Seatrain Shipbuilding
Seatrain shipbuilding

Seatrain Lines started Seatrain Shipbuilding inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1968 with the intent to build 5 VLCC's 225,000 [Very Large Crude Carriers] commonly call supertankers....
 and Coastal Drydock and Repair Corporation
Corporation

A corporation is a legal entity separate from the persons that form it. It is a legal entity owned by individual stockholders. In British tradition it is the term designating a body corporate, where it can be either a corporation sole or a corporation aggregate ....
, and a total of 10 berths ranging from 350 to long, with ten-foot deck height and 25 to 40 feet (7 to 12 meters) of depth alongside. Seatrain built four VLCC Tankers, eight Barges, and one Ice Breaker Barge from 1968 to 1980 when they went out of business. Coastal Drydock only did repairs on Naval Vessels. Coastal Drydock went out of business in the early 1980s. A Federal project maintains a channel depth of 35 feet (10 m) from Throgs Neck
Throgs Neck

Throggs Neck is a narrow spit of land in the southeastern portion of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. It demarcates the passage between the East River and Long Island Sound....
 to the yard, about two miles (3 km) from the western entrance, and thence 40 feet (12 m) of depth to the deep water in the Upper Bay. Currents
Current (fluid)

File:Water patterns.JPGA current, in a river or stream, is the flow of water influenced by gravity as the water moves downhill to reduce its potential energy....
 in the East River can be strong, and congestion
Traffic congestion

Traffic congestion is a condition on networks that occurs as use increases, and is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased Queueing theory....
 heavy. Access to the piers requires passage under the Manhattan Bridge
Manhattan Bridge

The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan with Brooklyn on Long Island....
 (a suspension
Suspension bridge

A suspension bridge is a type of bridge where the main load-bearing elements are hung from suspension cables. While modern suspension bridges with level decks date from the early 19th century, earlier types are reported from the 3rd century BC....
 span with a clearance of and the Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 5,989 feet over the East River, connecting the New York City borough s of Manhattan and Brooklyn ....
 (a suspension span with a clearance of .

Quarters A
Quarters A, Brooklyn Navy Yard

Quarters A, Brooklyn Navy Yard was the residence of the commander of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It was home to Commodore Matthew C. Perry at the time of his opening of Japan....
, the commander's quarters building, is a National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark is a building, :wiktionary:site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the Federal government of the United States for its historical significance....
. The Navy Yard Hospital Building (R95) and Surgeon's Residence (R1) are both designated as NYC Landmark
List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Brooklyn

Historic DistrictsIndividual LandmarksFile:PS9 BK twilite jeh.JPG...
 buildings. A commissioned by the National Guard suggests that the entirety of the Admiral's Row
Admiral's Row

Admiral's Row is a row of Second Empire style homes formerly used by naval officers in the New York City borough of Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and owned by the United States Army Corps of Engineers....
 property meets the eligibility criteria for inclusion on the National Registry of Historic Places.

Commandants (1806–1945)

  1. Lieutenant Jonathan Thorn
    Jonathan Thorn

    Jonathan Thorn was an officer of the United States Navy in the early 1800s. He was born on 8 January 1779 at Schenectady, New York. He was appointed a midshipman on 28 April 1800....
    , 1 June 1806 – 13 July 1807
  2. Captain Isaac Chauncey
    Isaac Chauncey

    Isaac Chauncey was an officer in the United States Navy....
    , 13 July 1807 – 16 May 1813
  3. Captain Samuel Evans
    Samuel Evans

    Samuel Evans may refer to:* Samuel Evans , Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross* Satyananda Stokes , Samuel Evans Stokes, apple grower and freedom fighter...
    , 16 May 1813 – 2 June 1824
  4. Commander George W. Rodgers, 2 June 1824 – 21 December 1824
  5. Captain Isaac Chauncey
    Isaac Chauncey

    Isaac Chauncey was an officer in the United States Navy....
    , 21 December 1824 – 10 June 1833
  6. Captain Charles G. Ridgeley
    Charles G. Ridgeley

    Charles Goodwin Ridgeley was an officer in the United States Navy.Ridgeley was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He served with Edward Preble during the First Barbary War....
    , 10 June 1833 – 19 November 1839
  7. Captain James Renshaw, 19 November 1839 – 12 June 1841
  8. Captain Matthew C. Perry, 12 June 1841 – 15 July 1843
  9. Captain Silas H. Stringham, 15 July 1843 – 1 October 1846
  10. Captain Isaac McKeever, 1 October 1846 – 1 October 1849
  11. Captain William D. Salter, 1 October 1849 – 14 October 1852
  12. Captain Charles Boardman, 14 October 1852 – 1 October 1855
  13. Captain Abraham Bigelow, 1 October 1855 – 8 June 1857
  14. Captain Lawrence Kearny
    Lawrence Kearny

    Commodore Lawrence Kearny was an officer in the United States Navy during the early nineteenth century. In the early 1840's he began negotiations with China which opened that country to U.S....
    , 8 June 1857 – 1 November 1858
  15. Captain Samuel L. Breese
    Samuel Livingston Breese

    Samuel Livingston Breese , was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. His active-duty career included service in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the American Civil War....
    , 1 November 1858 – 25 October 1861
  16. Captain Hiram Paulding
    Hiram Paulding

    Hiram Paulding was a Rear admiral in the United States Navy, who served from the War of 1812 until after the American Civil War.The son of John Paulding, Paulding was born in Cortland, New York....
    , 25 October 1861 – 1 May 1865
  17. Commodore Charles H. Bell, 1 May 1865 – 1 May 1868
  18. Rear Admiral Sylvanus W. Godon, 1 May 1868 – 15 October 1870
  19. Rear Admiral Melancton Smith
    Melancton Smith (1810-1893)

    Melancton Smith was a United States Navy officer who served during the Seminole Wars and the American Civil War....
    , 15 October 1870 – 1 June 1872
  20. Vice Admiral Stephen C. Rowan, 1 June 1872 – 1 September 1876
  21. Commodore James W. Nicholson
    James W. Nicholson

    Rear Admiral James William Augustus Nicholson was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War....
    , 1 September 1876 – 1 May 1880
  22. Commodore George H. Cooper, 1 May 1880 – 1 April 1882
  23. Commodore John H. Upshur
    John Henry Upshur

    John Henry Upshur was an admiral in the United States Navy who served during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War....
    , 1 April 1882 – 31 March 1884
  24. Commodore Thomas S. Fillebrown, 31 March 1884 – 31 December 1884
  25. Commodore Ralph Chandler
    Ralph Chandler

    Rear Admiral Ralph Chandler served in the United States Navy. He saw action during the Mexican-American War, the American Civil War and later served as Commander, Asiatic Squadron....
    , 31 December 1884 – 15 October 1886
  26. Commodore Bancroft Gherardi
    Bancroft Gherardi

    Bancroft Gherardi was born in Jackson, Louisiana, Louisiana. He was appointed Acting Midshipman June 26, 1846 and served on the USS Ohio during the Mexican-American War....
    , 15 October 1886 – 15 February 1889
  27. Captain Francis M. Ramsay
    Francis Munroe Ramsay

    Admiral Francis Munroe Ramsay was an officer in the United States Navy who distinguished himself in the American Civil War, and who later served as Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Navigation ....
    , 15 February 1889 – 14 November 1889
  28. Rear Admiral Daniel L. Braine
    Daniel L. Braine

    Daniel Lawrence Braine was an admiral of the United States Navy in the 19th century.Born in New York City 18 May 1829, Braine was appointed Midshipman in 1846....
    , 14 November 1889 – 20 May 1891
  29. Commodore Henry Erben
    Henry Erben

    Henry Erben was an admiral of the United States Navy, serving in the American Civil War through the Spanish-American War.Erben was born in New York City....
    , 20 May 1891 – 1 June 1893
  30. Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi
    Bancroft Gherardi

    Bancroft Gherardi was born in Jackson, Louisiana, Louisiana. He was appointed Acting Midshipman June 26, 1846 and served on the USS Ohio during the Mexican-American War....
    , 1 June 1893 – 22 November 1894
  31. Commodore Montgomery Sicard
    Montgomery Sicard

    Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.Born in New York, Sicard was appointed midshipman on 1 October 1851....
    , 22 November 1894 – 1 May 1897
  32. Commodore Francis M. Bunce, 1 May 1897 – 14 January 1899
  33. Commodore John W. Philip, 14 January 1899 – 17 July 1900
  34. Rear Admiral Albert S. Barker
    Albert S. Barker

    Albert Smith Barker was an admiral in the United States Navy who served during the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War....
    , 17 July 1900 – 1 April 1903
  35. Rear Admiral Frederick Rodgers, 1 April 1903 – 3 October 1904
  36. Rear Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan, 3 October 1904 – 1 June 1907
  37. Rear Admiral Casper F. Goodrich, 1 June 1907 – 15 May 1909
  38. Captain Joseph B. Murdock, 15 May 1909 – 21 March 1910
  39. Rear Admiral Eugene H. C. Leutze
    Eugene H. C. Leutze

    Eugene Henry Cozzens Leutze was an admiral of the United States Navy.Eugene Leutze, son of Emanuel Leutze , the noted painter of American Revolutionary War scenes, was born in D?sseldorf, Prussia, 16 November 1847....
    , 21 March 1910 – 6 June 1912
  40. Captain Albert Gleaves
    Albert Gleaves

    Albert Gleaves was an admiral in the United States Navy, also notable as a naval historian....
    , 6 June 1912 – 28 September 1914
  41. Rear Admiral N. R. Usher, 28 September 1914 – 25 February 1918
  42. Rear Admiral John D. McDonald, 28 September 1914 – 1 July 1921
  43. Rear Admiral Carl T. Vogelgesang
    Carl Theodore Vogelgesang

    Carl Theodore Vogelgesang was a US naval officer....
    , 1 July 1921 – 27 November 1922
  44. Rear Admiral Charles P. Plunkett
    Charles Peshall Plunkett

    Rear Admiral Charles Peshall Plunkett, USN was a United States Navy officer who served in the Spanish-American War and World War I.Plunkett was born in Washington, D.C....
    , 27 November 1922 – 16 February 1928
  45. Captain Frank Lyon, 16 February 1928 – 2 July 1928
  46. Rear Admiral Louis R. de Steiguer
    Louis R. de Steiguer

    Admiral Louis Rodolph de Steiguer was an officer in the United States Navy. He was Commander-in-Chief of the Battle Fleet from 1927 to 1928....
    , 2 July 1928 – 18 March 1931
  47. Rear Admiral William W. Phelps
    William W. Phelps

    William Wines Phelps was an important early leader of the Latter Day Saint movement. He was an assistant president of the church in Missouri, scribe to Joseph Smith, Jr., member of the Literary Firm, church printer, editor, and song-writer....
    , 18 March 1931 – 30 June 1933
  48. Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, Jr., 30 June 1933 – 9 March 1936
  49. Captain Frederick L. Oliver, 9 March 1936 – 20 April 1936
  50. Rear Admiral Harris L. Laning, 20 April 1936 – 24 September 1937
  51. Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward
    Clark H. Woodward

    Clark Howell Woodward served the United States Navy in five wars: the Spanish-American War, Philippine-American War, the Chinese Boxer Rebellion, and both World Wars....
    , 1 October 1937 – 1 March 1941
  52. Rear Admiral Edward J. Marquart, 2 June 1941 – 2 June 1943
  53. Rear Admiral Monroe R. Kelly, 2 June 1943 – 5 December 1944
  54. Rear Admiral Freeland A. Daubin, 5 December 1944 – 25 November 1945


See also

Admiral's Row
Admiral's Row

Admiral's Row is a row of Second Empire style homes formerly used by naval officers in the New York City borough of Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and owned by the United States Army Corps of Engineers....


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