Command Rank Officers of the Navy (Spring 1839)

No. In Rank Name Present Duty or Station grade 1 James Barron Waiting orders 2 Captain Charles Stewart Commandant, Navy Yard, Philadelphia 3 Captain Isaac Hull , Mediterranean Squadron 4 Captain Isaac Chauncey President, Navy Board 5 Captain Jacob Jones Commanding Naval Officer, Baltimore 6 Captain Charles Morris Commissioner, Navy Board 7 Captain Lewis Warrington Commandant, Navy Yard, Norfolk 8 Captain William M. Crane Commandant, Navy Yard, Portsmouth 9 Captain James Governor, Naval Asylum, Philadelphia 10 Captain Charles G. Ridgely Commandant, Navy Yard, New York 11 Captain Daniel T. Patterson Commandant, Navy Yard, Washington 12 Captain John Downes Commandant, Navy Yard, Boston 13 Captain Jesse D. Elliott Waiting orders 14 Captain Stephen Cassin Waiting orders 15 Captain James Renshaw Waiting orders 16 Captain Alexander S. Wadsworth Commissioner, Navy Board 17 Captain George C. Read Commander, 18 Captain Henry E. Ballard On his return from command of the 19 Captain David Deacon Waiting orders 20 Captain Samuel Woodhouse Waiting orders 21 Captain Edmund P. Kennedy Inspector of Ordnance and Ammunition 22 Captain Alexander J. Dallas Commandant, Navy Yard, Pensacola 23 Captain John B. Nicolson Commander, 24 Captain Jesse Wilkinson Waiting orders 25 Captain Waiting orders 26 Captain William Compton Bolton Waiting orders 27 Captain William Branford Shubrick Commander, West India Squadron 28 Captain Alexander Claxton Commander, Pacific Squadron 29 Captain Charles W. Morgan Waiting orders 30 Captain Waiting orders 31 Captain Foxhall A. Parker Waiting orders 32 Captain Edward R. McCall Waiting orders 33 Captain Daniel Turner Commanding Officer, CONSTITUTION 34 Captain David Conner Waiting orders 35 Captain John Gallagher Waiting orders 36 Captain Thomas H. Stevens Waiting orders 37 Captain William M. Hunter Waiting orders 38 Captain John D. Sloat Waiting orders 39 Captain Matthew C. Perry Commanding Officer, Steam Ship FULTON 40 Captain Charles W. Skinner Waiting orders 41 Captain John Thomas Newton Waiting orders 42 Captain Joseph Smith Commanding Officer, Ship of the Line OHIO 43 Captain Lawrence Rousseau On light-house duty 44 Captain George W. Storer Waiting orders 45 Captain Beverly Kennon Commanding Officer, Frigate MACEDONIAN 46 Captain Edward R. Shubrick Waiting orders 47 Captain Francis H. Gregory Waiting orders 48 Captain John H. Clack Commanding Officer, Sloop LEXINGTON 49 Captain Philip F. Voorhees Waiting orders 50 Captain Benjamin Cooper Waiting orders 51 Captain David Geisinger Waiting orders 52 Captain Robert F. Stockton Special Duty studying British naval architecture in England 53 Captain Isaac McKeever Commanding Officer, Sloop FALMOUTH 54 Captain John P. Zantzinger Waiting orders 55 captain William D. Salter Waiting orders

No. In Rank Name Present Duty or Station grade 1 Commander Charles S. McCauley Executive Officer, Navy Yard, Philadelphia 2 Commander Thomas M. Newell Waiting orders 3 Commander Elie A. F. Lavallette Commanding Officer, Naval Rendezvous, Philadelphia 4 Commander William A. Spencer Commanding Officer, Sloop WARREN 5 Commander Thomas T. Webb Commanding Officer, Naval Rendezvous, Norfolk 6 Commander John Percival Commanding Officer, Sloop CYANE 7 Commander John H. Aulick Executive Officer, Navy Yard, Washington 8 Commander William V. Taylor ordered as Commanding Officer, Sloop ERIE 9 Commander Bladen Dulany Waiting orders 10 Commander Silas H. Stringham Executive Officer, Navy Yard, New York 11 Commander Isaac Mayo On leave 12 Commander William K. Latimer On leave 13 Commander Waiting orders 14 Commander Thomas Crabb Waiting orders 15 Commander Edward B. Babbitt Commanding Officer, Sloop BOSTON 16 Commander Thomas Paine Waiting orders 17 Commander James Armstrong Commanding Officer, Naval Rendezvous, Boston 18 Commander Joseph Smoot Commanding Officer, Sloop ERIE 19 Commander Samuel L. Breese Commanding Officer, Naval Rendezvous, Baltimore 20 Commander Benjamin Page Commanding Officer, Sloop NATCHEZ 21 Commander John Gwinn Waiting orders 22 Commander Thomas W. Wyman Commanding Officer, Sloop JOHN ADAMS 23 Commander Andrew Fitzhugh Waiting orders 24 Commander Abraham S. Ten Eick Waiting orders 25 Commander John White On leave 26 Commander Commanding Officer, Sloop LEVANT 27 Commander Jonathan D. Williamson Waiting orders 28 Commander Uriah P. Levy Commanding Officer, Sloop VANDALIA 29 Commander Charles Boarman Commanding Officer, Sloop FAIRFIELD 30 Commander French Forrest Commanding Officer, Sloop ST. LOUIS 31 Commander William E. McKenney Commanding Officer, Sloop ONTARIO 32 Commander William J. Belt Waiting orders 33 Commander William Jamesson Waiting orders 34 Commander William Boerum Waiting orders 35 Commander Charles L. Williamson Waiting orders 36 Commander Charles Gauntt Waiting orders 37 Commander William Ramsay Waiting orders 38 Commander Ralph Voorhees Waiting orders 39 Commander Henry Henry On leave 40 Commander Samuel W. Downing Waiting orders 41 Commander Henry W. Ogden Commanding Officer, Receiving Ship HUDSON, New York 42 Commander Ebenezer Ridgeway Waiting orders 43 Commander Thomas A. Conover Waiting orders 44 Commander John C. Long Executive Officer, Navy Yard, Portsmouth 45 Commander John H. Graham Waiting orders 46 Commander James M. McIntosh Executive Officer, Navy Yard, Pensacola 47 Commander Executive Officer, Navy Yard, Boston 48 Commander Hugh N. Page Executive Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk 49 Commander William Inman Commanding Officer, Naval Rendezvous, New York 50 Commander Stephen Champlin Waiting orders 51 Commander Joel Abbot Waiting orders 52 Commander Lewis E. Simonds Waiting orders 53 Commander John M. Dale Waiting orders