When I got stationed on the Seattle in October of 1989 The captain was James K. Tolbert. He was relieved by Captain Wilbur C. Trafton who was then relieved by Captain Craig Honour. The final Captain that I had onboard the Seattle was Captain Gerald Hoewing. I left the Seattle in 1993.
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Commodore Edward Preble was the commanding officer of the squadron blockading Tripoli however, he appointed Stephen Decatur as the commanding officer of the USS Intrepid.
The battleship USS Oklahoma had a complement of about 854 Officers and Men. About 395 Men and 20 Officers went down with the ship.
The USS Monitor had a ships complement of 59 Officers and men while the CSS Virginia was manned by 320 Officers and men. This represented the significant differences in armament : Virginia carried 12 guns compared to Monitor's turret armament of only 2 eleven-inch guns.
Navy Captain Charles Dwight Sigsbee (January 16, 1845 - July 13, 1923), was the Commanding Officer of the USS Maine (ACR-1), when it exploded an sank in Havana Harbor. Sigsbee survived the sinking and went on to retire as a Rear Admiral. The Destroyer USS Sigsbee (DD-502) was named in his honor.
there were 8 frigates on the American sife- the USS Constitution, the USS John Admas, the USS President, the USS United States, the USS Constellation, the USS Boston, The USS New York, and the USS Congress