* 1812 – The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle.

The fight between the USS Constellation and L ' Insurgente ( William Bainbridge Hoff )

* USS William C. Cole ( DE-641 ) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort, which was launched in 1943 and stricken in 1972.

The next day, William Giannotti conducted the first U. S. combat operation using an " aqualung " when he dove on the USS Pledge ( AM-277 ).

* USS Crane ( DD-109 ), a Wickes class destroyer, named after William M. Crane

* USS William Badger ( 1861 ), an American Civil War Union supply ship and ship's tender

One was USS Anacapa ( AG-49 ) formerly the lumber transport Coos Bay which was converted to Q-ship duty as project " Love William ".

* Tommy Lee Jones as William " Bill " Strannix, a renegade, embittered ex-CIA operative who leads the team of terrorists who took over USS Missouri.

In the non-canon Star Trek: Titan novel series, Tuvok joins William Riker on the USS Titan as tactical officer, leaving Voyager.

Note: In 1968, Navy Captain William McGonagle ( 1925 -- 1999 ) was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the USS Liberty incident on June 8 -- 9, 1967.

An Admiral Benson Class transport ship, the USS Admiral W. S. Sims ( AP-127 ), was renamed USAT General William O. Darby in the 40's.

* USS Tiger Shark is the setting for the movie, " Submarine Command " ( 1951 ) starring William Holden as a submarine captain haunted by a life and death decision made during wartime.

The US Navy Polaris nuclear submarine USS Lewis and Clark was named for him and William Clark.

** USS William P. Lawrence ( DDG-110 )

It comprised the frigates USS Guerriere, the flag ship, with 44 guns, commanded by Captain William Lewis ; Constellation, with 36 guns, commanded by Captain Charles Gordon, and Macedonia with 38 guns, under the command of Captain Jacob Jones ; the sloops-of-war Eperyie, commanded by Captain John Downes, and Ontario with 16 guns, commanded by Captain Jesse D. Elliott ; the brigs Firefly, Spark and Flambeau, each with 14 guns, commanded by Lieutenants George W. Kodgers, Thomas Gamble, and John B. Nicholson ; and the schooners Torch and Spitfire, both with 12 guns, commanded by Lieutenants Wolcott Chauncey and Alexander J. Dallas.

In William Shatner's novel Avenger, Captain Christine McDonald of the USS Tobias tells Captain Kirk that in her time, the Kobayashi Maru scenario is no longer used to test character, but rather to evaluate the very " original thinking " for which Kirk had received a commendation.

The ship he was in, USS Philadelphia, struck rocks off Tripoli, and along with his Commodore, William Bainbridge, he was kept imprisoned by the pirates for 19 months.

Sponsored by Representative Les Aspin, the bill added the fourth paragraph to Title 10 § 1128 and authorized the POW Medal for those captured “ by foreign armed forces that are hostile to the United States, under circumstances which the Secretary concerned finds to have been comparable to those under which persons have generally been held captive by enemy armed forces during periods of armed conflict .” This amendment was the result of congressional recognition of multiple groups of individuals who were not originally authorized to receive the medal after Department of Defense review, such as the < i > USS Pueblo </ i > crew detained in North Korea in 1968, the US Navy and US Army Air Force crews interned in neutral Russia during World War II, the US Army Air Force crews interned in neutral Switzerland during World War II, US Marine Corps Col. William R. Higgins who was kidnapped in 1988 and executed by Hezbollah-affiliated terrorists, and the U. S. Marines from the U. S. Embassy in Teheran, Iran who were held hostage by terrorists from 1979 – 1981 in the Iran Hostage Crisis.

USS G-4 at the William Cramp & Sons shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 2, 1912In the beginning of the 20th century Philadelphia had taken on a poor reputation.

During his seven-month journey on the transport USS Lexington around Cape Horn, assigned as aide-de-camp to Commodore William Shubrick, he translated Henri Jomini's Vie politique et militaire de Napoleon, which further enhanced his reputation for scholarship.

) William Belden ejects from an A-4E Skyhawk on the deck of the USS Shangri-La ( CV-38 ) | USS Shangri-La in the western Pacific circa 29 July 1970.

The destroyer USS William Jones ( DD-308 ) was named in his honor.

" Among the vessels that were sent was the USS Philadelphia which, in October, 1803, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, was sent to blockade Tripoli.

The Navy destroyer, the USS Eaton, named after General William Eaton

M ' Ress and Arex, characters from the animated series, appear in the Star Trek: New Frontier novels by Peter David, in which M ' Ress and Arex are transported through time to the 24th Century, and are made officers on board the USS Trident.

La Forge was born February 16, 2335 in the African Confederation on Earth to Silva La Forge, a Starfleet command track officer and eventual Captain of the USS Hera NCC-62006 ( TNG: " Interface ") and Edward M. La Forge, a Starfleet exozoologist ( TNG: " Interface ").

He next served on board the battleship USS Nevada ( BB-36 ) before earning a Master of Science ( M. Sc.

* Destroyer Squadron 15:,, USS O ' Brien, USS Curts, USS McClusky, USS Rodney M. Davis and USS Thatch

* USS Henry M. Jackson ( SSBN-730 ), an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine

As expressed by the House Committee on Armed Services in report 101-121, the original intent of the POW Medal statute was to allow the award in incidents such as the USS Pueblo capture, but that due to the wording of the statute the detainees simply did not “ meet the literal requirements of the law .” Admiral J. M.

* ARA Comodoro Seguí ( D-25 )-An Allen M. Sumner class destroyer, formerly USS Hank ( DD-702 ).

* ARA Hipólito Bouchard-An Allen M. Sumner class destroyer formerly USS Borie ( DD-704 ).

* ARA Piedrabuena-A Allen M. Sumner class destroyer, formerly USS Collett ( DD-730 ).

Three ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Goldsborough for Louis M. Goldsborough.

* USS General W. M. Black ( AP-135 ) was a United States Navy during World War II

:- First loss A-7A 153239 ( VA-147, USS Ranger ), SAM North Vietnam 22 December 1967, LCdr J. M.

:- Final loss RA-5C 156633 ( RVAH-13, USS Enterprise ), to MIG North Vietnam 28 December 1972, Lcdr A. H. Agnew POW, Lt. M. F.

* In 1968, Commander Lloyd M. Bucher, Commander of the USS Pueblo, was tortured and put through a mock firing squad by North Korean interrogators in an effort to make him confess ; see USS Pueblo.

* USS Frank E. Evans ( DD-754 ) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, named for Frank Evans.

* A descendant and namesake, Lt. Ormsby M. Mitchel, Jr., was awarded the Navy Cross in 1943 for extraordinary heroism in trying to save the crew of his doomed USS Plymouth after it had been struck by a torpedo fired by a German U-boat off the Virginia coast.

* USS Edith M. III ( SP-196 ) was a motorboat during World War I

* Destroyer Squadron 9 ( Pacific ) with USS Ford ( FFG-54 ), USS Ingraham ( FFG-61 ), USS Momsen ( DDG-92 ), USS Rodney M. Davis ( FFG-60 ), USS Shoup ( DDG-86 ) and USS Sterett ( DDG-104 )