Supplement to the Monthly Navy List, showing the United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, Corrected to November 1st, 1918.
London: Harrison and Sons, Printers in Ordinary to His Majesty, 1918. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Hardcover. 240 pages. Footnotes. Tables. Alphabetical Index. Pencil notations on fep and page A3. Cover has some wear and soiling. Minor damp stains at bottom near spine. A Navy List or Naval Register is an official list of naval officers, their ranks and seniority, the ships which they command or to which they are appointed, etc., that is published by the government or naval authorities of a country. The Navy List fulfills an important function in international law in that warships are required by article 29 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to be commanded by a commissioned officer whose name appears in the appropriate service list.
Past copies of the Navy List are also important sources of information for historians and genealogists. The Navy List for the Royal Navy is no longer published in hard-copy. The Royal Navy (United Kingdom) publishes annual lists of active and reserve officers, and biennial lists of retired officers. The equivalent in the United States Navy is the Naval Register, which is updated online on a continuous basis. When a ship is removed from the Naval Vessel Register in the United States, or from a Naval List of any other country, the ship is said to be "stricken" The earliest presence of U.S. Navy forces in Europe was the Mediterranean Squadron. The European Squadron following the American Civil War, the forces were combined as part of the North Atlantic Fleet in 1906. In 1917, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters was established for the duration of World War I.
Following the cessation of hostilities and the Allied occupation of Turkey, Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol was sent to Istanbul as Senior Naval Officer Turkey, commanding the U.S. Naval Detachment in Turkish Waters.[1] Bristol arrived in Istanbul on 28 January 1919, and raised his flag on USS Scorpion (PY-3). In August 1919 Bristol also received the diplomatic appointment of U.S. High Commissioner, responsible to the State Department for diplomatic matters in Turkey. In his naval capacity Bristol was responsible to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, European Waters. Condition: Good.
Keywords: United States Navy, British Navy, Admiralty, First World War, Submarines, Surface Vessels, Battleships, Destroyers, Cross-Channel Transport Service, Naval Attaches, Naval Base, Navy List, Naval Air Station
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