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The Atlantic Fleet got underway from Hampton Roads under the command of Rear-Admiral Robley Evans, a graduate of the Naval Academy, loyal to the Union, who fought a received to severe wounds in the Civil War while attacking Fort Fisher in 1965. He was the last active duty officer that had served in the Civil War.
RADM Evans had suffered from his wounds his entire career and during the first portion of the cruise around South America, the pain became to much and, on March 14, 1908 he announced he would retire when the fleet reached San Francisco. On May 7th, 1908 the fleet was transferred to the command of RADM Charles M. Thompson. RADM Thompson entered the Naval Academy in 1861 and after graduation in 1865, served four years on Asiatic Station on the USS Shenandoah. As was the policy at the time, the maximum age to be on active duty was 62, and RADM Thompson would turn 62 on October 1, 1908, before the fleet was scheduled to return. And so, a week later, command was turned over to RADM Charles Sperry who had entered the Naval Academy in 1862 and would be able to serve in command until the end of the cruise. The forth Rear-Admiral at the start of the cruise was RADM William Emory, a classmate of RADM Sperry at the Naval Academy. Four Civil War era commanders at the beginning of 1908! When RADM Sperry took Command, Captain's Schroeder and Wainwright were promoted to Rear-Admiral, taking Division Command of Third Squadron and Second Squadron.
The photograph as right is part of the collection retained by the Naval Historical Center.
captains of the fleet
- Captain Osterhaus, USS Connecticut (flagship)
- Captain Vreeland, USS Kansas
- Captain Hubbard, USS Minnesota
- Captain Potter, USS Vermont
- Captain Wainwright, USS Louisiana
- Captain McCrea, USS Georgia (flagship)
- Captain Nicholson, USS Nebraska
- Captain Southerland, USS New Jersey
- Captain Murdock, USS Rhode Island
- Captain Schroeder, USS Virginia
- Captain Niles, USS Louisiana (flagship)
- Captain Sharp, USS Virginia
- Captain Merriam, USS Missouri
- Captain Bartlett, USS Ohio
- Captain Beatty, USS Wisconsin
- Captain Bowyer, USS Illinois
- Captain Hutchins, USS Kearsarge
- Captain Cowles, USS Kentucky
- Captain Harber, USS Maine
- Captain Veeder, USS Alabama
- Captain Qualtrough, USS Georgia
- Captain Doyle, USS Missouri
- Captain Fletcher, USS Vermont
- Captain Howard, USS Ohio
First Squadron - From Hampton Roads to San Francisco
First Division Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans Commanding | Second Division Rear Admiral William H. Emory, Commanding |
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USS Connecticut, Captain Hugo Osterhaus | USS Georgia, Flagship Captain Henry McCrea |
USS Kansas Captain Charles E. Vreeland | USS New Jersey Captain William H. H. Southerland |
USS Vermont Captain William P. Potter | USS Rhode Island Captain Joseph B. Murdock |
USS Louisiana Captain Richard Wainwright | USS Virginia Captain Seaton Schroeder |
Second Squadron - From Hampton Roads to San Francisco
Third Division Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas, Commanding | Fourth Division Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, Commanding |
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USS Minnesota, Captain John Hubbard | USS Alabama, Flagship Captain Ted Veeder |
USS Maine Captain Giles B. Harber | USS Illinois Captain John M. Bowyer |
USS Missouri Captain G. A. Merriam | USS Kearsarge Captain Hamilton Hutchins |
USS Ohio Captain Charles W. Barlett | USS Kentucky Captain Walter C. Cowles |
First Squadron - From San Francisco to Puget Sound and Return
First Division Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry Commanding | Second Division Rear Admiral R. Wainwright, Commanding |
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USS Connecticut, Fleet's Flagship Captain Hugo Osterhaus | USS Georgia, Flagship Captain Qualtrough |
USS Kansas Captain Charles E. Vreeland | USS New Jersey Captain William H. H. Southerland |
USS Vermont Captain William P. Potter | USS Rhode Island Captain Joseph B. Murdock |
USS Minnesota Captain J. Hubbard | USS Nebraska Captain R. F. Nicholson |
Second Squadron - From San Francisco to Puget Sound and Return
Third Division Rear Admiral W. H. Emory, Commanding | Fourth Division Rear Seaton Schroeder, Commanding |
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USS Louisiana, Flagship Captain K. Niles | USS Wisconsin, Flagship Captain F. E. Beatty |
USS Virginia Captain A. Sharp | USS Illinois Captain John M. Bowyer |
USS Missouri Captain R. M. Doyle | USS Kearsarge Captain Hamilton Hutchins |
USS Ohio Captain T. B. Howard | USS Kentucky Captain Walter C. Cowles |