The North Atlantic Squadron was a section of the

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

operating in the

North Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe a ...

. It was renamed as the North Atlantic Fleet in 1902. In 1905 the European and

South Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe a ...

squadrons were abolished and absorbed into the North Atlantic Fleet. On 1 January 1906, the Navy's Atlantic Fleet was established by combining the North Atlantic Fleet with the South Atlantic Squadron.

Commanders-in-Chief

North Atlantic Squadron

* Commodore/

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James S. Palmer James Shedden Palmer (October 13, 1810 – December 7, 1867) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Civil War. He was later promoted to rear admiral. Biography Palmer was born at Elizabethtown, New Jersey. He entered the United State ...

1 November 1865 – 7 December 1867 * Rear Admiral Henry K. Hoff 22 February 1868 – 19 August 1869 * Rear Admiral Charles H. Poor 19 August 1869 – 9 June 1870 * Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee June 1870 – May 1873 * Rear Admiral Gustavus H. Scott May 1873 – 13 June 1874 * Rear Admiral James Robert Madison Mullany 13 June 1874 – January 1876 * Rear Admiral William E. Le Roy January 1876 – September 1876 * Rear Admiral Stephen Decatur Trenchard September 1876 – September 1878 * Rear Admiral John Cummings Howell, John C. Howell September 1878 – January 1879 * Rear Admiral Robert H. Wyman January 1879 – 1 May 1882 * Rear Admiral George H. Cooper 1 May 1882 – 19 June 1884 * Commodore Stephen B. Luce 26 June 1884 – 20 September 1884 * Rear Admiral James Edward Jouett, James E. Jouett 20 September 1884 – June 1886 * Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce 18 June 1886 – 28 January 1889 * Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi 28 January 1889 – 10 September 1892 * Rear Admiral John Grimes Walker, John G. Walker 10 September 1892 – June 1893 * Rear Admiral Andrew E. K. Benham June 1893 – April 1894 * Rear Admiral Richard Worsam Meade III, Richard W. Meade III April 1894 – May 1895 * Commodore Francis M. Bunce 2 June 1895 – 1 May 1897 * Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard 1 May 1897 – 28 March 1898 * Rear Admiral William T. Sampson 28 March 1898 – October 1899 * Rear Admiral Norman H. Farquhar October 1899 – 1 May 1901 * Rear Admiral Francis J. Higginson 1 May 1901 – 29 December 1902

North Atlantic Fleet

* Rear Admiral Francis J. Higginson 29 December 1902 – July 1903 * Rear Admiral Albert S. Barker July 1903 – March 1905 * Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans (admiral), Robley D. Evans March 1905 – 1 January 1906

External links

Notes on U.S. Fleet Organization and Disposition, 1898–1941

The U.S. Navy : A Short History
Ship squadrons of the United States Navy 1865 establishments in the United States {{USN-stub

Commanders-in-Chief

North Atlantic Squadron

North Atlantic Fleet

See also

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