Quinby, John Gardner, CAPT

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Captain

Primary Unit
1913-1913, Naval Training Station (Staff) Norfolk, VA

Service Years
1878 - 1913

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Personal Details

Home State

New York

Year of Birth
1859

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Contact Info

Home Town Rochester, NY	Last Address Norfolk, VA
Date of Passing Nov 30, 1939

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1902-1904, USS Texas

From Month/Year November / 1902	To Month/Year October / 1904
Unit USS Texas Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant Commander	NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Texas Details
	Texas Class Battleship: Displacement 6,315 Tons, Dimensions, 308' 10" (oa) x 64' 1" x 24' 6" (Max). Armament 2 x 12"/35 2 x 6"/30, 4 x 21" tt. Armor, 12" Belt, 12" Turrets, 3" Decks, 9" Conning Tower. Machinery, 8,000 IHP; 2 Vertical, Triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 17 Knots, Crew 392. Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Norfolk Naval Ship Yard, on June 1, 1889. Launched January 28, 1892. Commissioned August 15, 1895. Decommissioned January 27, 1896. Recommissioned July 20, 1896. Decommissioned November 30, 1900. Recommissioned November 2, 1902. Decommissioned January 8, 1908. Recommissioned September 1, 1908. Decommissioned February 1, 1911. Renamed San Marcos, February 16, 1911. Stricken October 11, 1911. Fate: Sunk as target off Tangier Island, Maryland, March 22, 1911, by the battleship New Hampshire (BB-25).
	Type Combat - Sea
	Parent Unit Texas-class	Strength Battleship
	Created/Owned By Tanner, David 24 -Family

Last Updated: Sep 16, 2010

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