| US Navy Captains, January 1, 1896 |
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| With only 16 active flag officers the Navy of 1896 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 1896. 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 Allen Reed George Dewey Henry Howison Albert Kautz Alfred Thayer Mahan George Remey Norman Farquhar Theodore Kane James O'Kane John Watson Henry Robeson Winfield Schley Silas Casey William Sampson * Bartlett Cromwell John Philip Henry Picking Frederick Rodgers Louis Kempff Francis Higginson George Sumner Benjamin Day Alex. McCormick Albert Barker Charles Cotten John Bartlett Silas Terry Merrill Miller John Read Mortimer Johnson Edwin Shepard Robley Evans George Coffin Henry Glass Philip Cooper Henry Taylor George Wadleigh Arent Corwninshield Frank Wildes James Sands Yates Stirling William Wise Purnell Harrington W. Bainbridge Hoff Nicoll Ludlow |
| Duty Station Commandant, Navy Yard, Portsmouth President, Board of Inspection & Survey Commandant, Navy Yard, Mare Island Commanding, USS WABASH, receiving ship Special Duty, War College Naval Examining & Retiring Board Commandant, Navy Yard, League Island Commanding, USS MONTEREY Leave of Absence Governor, Naval Home, Philadelphia Captain of Yard, Navy Yard, Portsmouth Commanding, USS NEW YORK Commanding, USS VERMONT, receiving ship Chief, Bureau of Ordnance Member, Examining Board Captain of Yard, Navy Yard, Boston Member, Board of Inspection & Survey Captain of Yard, Navy Yard, New York Member, Examining & Retiring Boards Special Duty, Navy Yard, New York Under Suspension Commanding, USS BALTIMORE Captain of Yard, Navy Yard, Norfolk Captain of Yard, Navy Yard, Mare Island Commanding, USS PHILADELPHIA Member, Light House Board Commanding USS FRANKLIN, receiving ship Commanding, USS RALEIGH Commanding, USS OLYMPIA Commanding, USS CINCINNATI Commanding, USS SAN FRANCISCO Commanding, USS INDIANA Commanding, USS CHARLESTON Commanding, USS TEXAS Superintendent, Naval Academy President, War College Commanding, USS MINNEAPOLIS Commanding, USS MAINE Commanding, USS BOSTON Commanding, USS COLUMBIA Commanding, USS NEWARK Commanding, USS AMPHITRITE President, Steel Board Commanding, USS LANCASTER Waiting Orders |
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