Command Rank Officers of the United States Navy (Spring 1839)
Command Rank Officers of the United States Navy (Spring 1839) No. In Rank Name Present Duty or Station grade 1 Captain James Barron Waiting orders 2 Captain Charles Stewart Commandant, Navy Yard, Philadelphia 3 Captain Isaac Hull Commander, 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 Biddle 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, East India Squadron 18 Captain Henry E. Ballard On his return from command of the Pacific Squadron 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, Brazil Squadron 24 Captain Jesse Wilkinson Waiting orders 25 Captain Thomas Ap Catesby Jones 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 Lawrence Kearny Waiting orders 31 Captain Foxhall A. Parker Waiting orders 32 Captain Edward R.
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