| FORCES AFLOAT, MAJOR STATIONS January 1, 1892 |
| NORTH ATLANTIC STATION RADM Bancroft Gherardi |
| PHILADELPHIA (2nd rate) (F) Capt. Frederick Rodgers MIANTONOMAH (2nd rate) Capt. Montgomery Sicard CONCORD (3rd rate) Cmdr. Oliver A. Batcheller KEARSARGE (3rd rate) Cmdr. Horace Elmer VESUVIUS (4th rate) Lt. Seaton Schroeder |
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| USS VESUVIUS, an experimental vessel which, though not successful, represented the forward moving Navy. Photo from the NHC On-Line Library. As far as I know it is in the public domain. |
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| USS KEARSARGE at Portsmouth Navy Yard in the 1890's following her final refit. Long past her Civil War prime (when she defeated CSS ALABAMA) KEARSARGE would run aground and be lost later in the decade. Photo from the NHC On-Line Library. As far as I know it is in the public domain. |
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| SOUTH ATLANTIC STATION RADM John G. Walker |
| CHICAGO (2nd rate) (F) Capt. Joseph N. Miller ATLANTA (2nd rate) Capt. Francis J. Higginson TALLAPOOSA (3rd rate) Cmdr. James M. Forsyth BENNINGTON (3rd rate) Cmdr. Royal B. Bradford ESSEX (3rd rate) Cmdr. Albert S. Snow YANTIC (4th rate) Lt. Cmdr. Samuel Belden |
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| USS CHICAGO, flagship of the South Atlantic Station, as seen in the 1890's. One of the ABCD ships, CHICAGO and her sisters marked the start of the Navy's rebirth. Photo from the NHC On-Line Library. As far as I know it is in the public domain. |
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| USS BENNINGTON as seen in the 1890's. Photo from the NHC On-Line Library. As far as I know it is in the public domain. |
| PACIFIC STATION RADM George Brown |
| SAN FRANCISCO (2nd rate) (F) Capt. William T. Sampson PENSACOLA (2nd rate) Capt. Albert Kautz CHARLESTON (2nd rate) Capt. Charles Remey BOSTON (2nd rate) Capt. Gilbert C. Wiltse BALTIMORE (2nd rate) Capt. Winfield S. Schley MOHICAN (3rd rate) Cmdr. Charles S. Cotton IROQUOIS (3rd rate) Cmdr. John J. Read YORKTOWN (3rd rate) Cmdr. Robley D. Evans |
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| Officers of USS CHARLESTON photographed in 1891. Captain Charles Remey is seated in the middle of the front row. Photo from the NHC On-Line Library. As far as I know it is in the public domain. |
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| USS BALTIMORE as seen in the 1890's. Note the crew's laundry being aired forward Photo from the NHC On-Line Library. As far as I know it is in the public domain. |
| ASIATIC STATION RADM George F. Belknap |
| MARION (3rd rate) (F) Cmdr. John R. Bartlett ALLIANCE (3rd rate) Cmdr. Felix McCurley MONOCACY (3rd rate) Cmdr. Francis M. Barber ALERT (3rd rate) Cmdr. Roswell D. Hitchcock PETREL (4th rate) Lt. Cmdr. M. R. S. Mackenzie PALOS (4th rate) Lt. Cmdr. John C. Rich |
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| USS MONOCACY in Chinese waters circa 1890. Photo from the NHC On-Line Library. As far as I know it is in the public domain. |
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| USS PETREL in the early 1890's. Photo from the NHC On-Line Library. As far as I know it is in the public domain. |
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| LANCASTER (2nd rate) Capt. Henry B. Seely |
| En-Route as Flag-Ship, Asiatic Station RADM David B. Harmony |