First Squadron, United States Pacific Fleet, the Asiatic Fleet replaced the Asiatic Squadron in defending American interests in East Asia from 1902 until February 1942. Commanders Successive Commanders-in-Chief of the Asiatic Squadron were as follows: Rear Admiral Henry H. Bell ( – 11 January 1868) Commodore John R. Goldsborough (11 January 1868 – 18 April 1868) Rear Admiral Stephen C. Rowan (18 April 1868 – 19 August 1870) Rear Admiral John Rodgers (19 August 1870 – 12 May 1872) Rear Admiral Thornton A. Jenkins (1 September 1872 – 12 December 1873) Rear Admiral Enoch Greenleafe Parrott (12 December 1873 – 12 January 1874) Commodore Edmund Colhoun (12 January 1874 – 29 May 1874) Rear Admiral Alexander Mosely Pennock (29 May 1874 – 24 June 1875) Commander Robert F. R. Lewis (24 June 1875 – 16 August 1875) Rear Admiral William Reynolds (16 August 1875 – 12 August 1877) Captain Jonathan Young (12 August 1877 – 4 October 1877) Rear Admiral Thomas H. Patterson (12 August 1877 – 11 September 1880) Rear Admiral John M. B. Clitz (11 September 1880 – 21 April 1883) Rear Admiral Peirce Crosby (21 April 1883 – 30 October 1883) Captain Joseph S. Skerrett (30 October 1883 – 19 December 1883) Commodore/Rear Admiral John L. Davis (19 December 1883 – 22 November 1886) Rear Admiral Ralph Chandler (22 November 1886 – 11 February 1889) Rear Admiral George E. Belknap (4 April 1889 – 20 February 1892) Rear Admiral David B. Harmony (20 February 1892 – 7 June 1893) Rear Admiral John Irwin (11 June 1893 – 11 December 1893) Rear Admiral Joseph S. Skerrett (11 December 1893 – 1 September 1894) Commodore/Rear Admiral Charles C. Carpenter (1 September 1894 – 21 December 1895) Commodore Frederick V. McNair Sr. (21 December 1895 – 3 January 1898) Commodore/Rear Admiral/Admiral George Dewey (3 January 1898 – 20 May 1899) Commodore/Rear Admiral Albert S. Barker ( 20 May 1899 – 20 June 1899) Rear Admiral John C. Watson (20 June 1899 – 19 April 1900) Rear Admiral George C. Remey (19 April 1900 – 1 March 1902) Rear Admiral Frederick Rodgers (1 March 1902 – 29 October 1902) Gallery See also China Squadron and Fleet Far East Fleet (United Kingdom) References Ship squadrons of the United States Navy Military units and formations of the Boxer Rebellion Military units and formations of the United States in the Spanish–American War