| US Navy Captains, January 1, 1892 |
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| With only 16 active flag officers the Navy of 1892 relied on its captains to fill many senior positions ashore as well as command its most powerful vessels afloat. The following is a list of the US Navy's 45 active duty line captains in January 1892. The list includes future Admirals such as George Dewey, Winfield Schley, and William Sampson, naval theorist Alfred Mahan, and many lesser known officers. It does not include staff officers with the relative rank of Captain or retired officers. The list is in order of seniority. Officers marked with an asterick (*) held the relative rank of Commodore by virtue of their duty station. |
| Name Henry Erben Richard Meade Charles Carpenter William Kirkland Edward Potter Lester Beardslee Thomas Selfridge Joseph Miller Montgomery Sicard Edmund Matthews Charles Norton Robert Bradford Robert Phythian Augustus Cooke Rush Wallace Francis Bunce Byron WIlson |
| Duty Station Commandant, Navy Yard, New York Member, World's Columbian Exposition Commandant, Navy Yard, Portsmouth Commandant, Navy Yard, League Island Commanding, Receiving Ship MINNESOTA Commanding, Navy Station, Port Royal Commandant, Navy Yard, Boston Commanding, USS CHICAGO Commanding, USS MIANTONOMOH Member, Board of Inspection and Survey Commanding, Receiving Ship VERMONT Waiting Orders Superintendent, Naval Academy Special Duty, New York Leave of Absence Commanding, Receiving Ship RICHMOND & Naval Station, Newport Commanding, Receiving Ship INDEPENDENCE |
| Frederick McNair John Howell Allen Reed George Dewey * Henry Howison Albert Kautz Alfred Thayer Mahan George Remey Norman Farquhar * Theodore Kane Henry Seely Gilbert Wiltse James O'Kane J. Crittenden Watson Henry Robeson William Whitehead Winfield Schley Silas Casey William Sampson Bartlett Cromwell John Philip Henry Picking Frederick Rodgers John McGlensey Louis Kempff Francis Higginson George Sumner Benjamin Day |
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| Superintendent, Naval Observatory President, Steel Board Commandant, Navy Yard, Pensacola Chief, Bureau of Equipment Member, Lighthouse Board Commanding, USS PENSACOLA Special Duty, Bureau of Navigation Commanding, USS CHARLESTON Chief, Bureau of Yards & Docks Captain of Yard, Navy Yard, New York Commanding, USS LANCASTER Commanding, USS BOSTON Commanding, Receiving Ship WABASH Captain of Yard, Navy Yard, Mare Island Supervisor, Harbor of New York Captain of Yard, Navy Yard, Boston Commanding, USS BALTIMORE Commanding, USS NEWARK Commanding, USS SAN FRANCISCO Captain of Yard, Navy Yard, Norfolk General Inspector, USS NEW YORK Light House Inspector Commanding, USS PHILADELPHIA Commanding, Receiving Ship FRANKLIN Member, Board of Inspection and Survey, San Francisco Commanding, USS ATLANTA Equipment Officer, Navy Yard, New York Equipment Officer, Navy Yard, Boston |