Author talk:Albert Ammerman Ackerman
service record[edit]
From The records of living officers of the U.S. navy and marine corps. Comp. from official sources by Lewis Randolph Hamersly (p. 209) link :
"Albert Ammerman Ackerman. Appointed from New Jersey. Naval Academy, June 24, 1876 ; Midshipman, June 22, 1882 ; Ensign (junior grade), March 3, 1883; Ensign, June 26, 1884 ; Lieutenant (junior grade), July 21, 1892 ; special duty, Smithsonian Institute, 1882-3 ; Second Greely Relief Expedition, U. S. S. " Yantic," 1883 ; Fish Commission steamer "Albatross." 1883-4; Greely Relief Expedition, U. S. relief steamer "Alert,&quo1t;884; U. S. S. " Ranger," 1884-7; ordnance duty Navy Yard, Washington, D. C., 1887-90 ; "Philadelphia," N. A. Station, July, 1890, to June, 1893 ; leave of absence, June to August, 1893, Bureau of Ordnance, August, 1893, to November, 1895 ; Inspector of Ordnance, Iron Works, November, 1895 ; U. S. S. "Oregon,&quAotu; gust, 1896, to date. Promoted to Lieutenant, October, 1896."