William Bainbridge
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Commodore William Bainbridge was a United States Navy officer. During his long career in the young American navy he served under six presidents beginning with John Adams and is notable for his many vi
Portrait by Rembrandt Peale, c. 1814
Bainbridge House in Princeton, New Jersey, the commodore's birthplace.
William Bainbridge pays tribute to the dey of Algiers
Philadelphia aground off Tripoli, in 1803
USS Bainbridge (DDG-96)
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USS Bainbridge is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is the fifth ship to carry the name. Bainbridge is named in honor of Commodore William Bainbridge
William Bainbridge
…destroyer (USS Bainbridge (DD-1)), a unique nuclear-powered destroyer/cruiser (USS Bainbridge (CGN-25)), and a contemporary Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG-96). This last ship is known as the ship that rescued the MV Maersk Alabama in the 2009 attempted hijacking by Somali pirates. The now-deactivated United…
USS Bainbridge on 25 September 2007
As seen from a ScanEagle UAV, Bainbridge and the Maersk Alabama lifeboat, 9 April 2009.
Bainbridge sailors provide aid to the crew of Kokuka Courageous after the June 2019 Gulf of Oman incident.