. Twelve naval captains, being a record of certain Americans who made themselves immortal . iberately gave his liferather than desert his post, well earned it. The London merchants of Lloyds coffee-housesent Captain Truxtun a splendid service of plateworth six hundred guineas, and some years after-ward the United States named a smart sloop ofwar after him, the Truxtun. Captain Truxtunserved but a short while in the navy after 1802 he was ordered, as Commodore, to com- TWELVE NAVAL CAPTAINS mand a squadron, and, finding he was to haveno captain on his flag-ship, declined the l
. Twelve naval captains, being a record of certain Americans who made themselves immortal . iberately gave his liferather than desert his post, well earned it. The London merchants of Lloyds coffee-housesent Captain Truxtun a splendid service of plateworth six hundred guineas, and some years after-ward the United States named a smart sloop ofwar after him, the Truxtun. Captain Truxtunserved but a short while in the navy after 1802 he was ordered, as Commodore, to com- TWELVE NAVAL CAPTAINS mand a squadron, and, finding he was to haveno captain on his flag-ship, declined the letter was misunderstood by the authoritiesof the Navy Department to mean a resignationfrom the navy, and was, as such, Truxtun, too proud to withdraw it,chose rather to withdraw from the navy, — acourse which must ever be regretted. He chosePhiladelphia as his home, and became a promi-nent and important citizen. He was for sometime Sheriff of the city. In 1823 his deathoccurred, and he left behind him an honorablename as a man, and a brilliant reputation as William Bainbridge WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE Commodore Bainbridge was born at Princeton,New Jersey, in 1774. His family were of goodstanding, and willing as well as able to give theboy a liberal education; but an inborn love ofadventure possessed him, and he begged to beallowed to go to sea. At that time, 1789-90,the navy of the Revolution had ceased to exist,while the navy of a later date was not created,and the only way to gratify the boy was to sendhim to sea in a merchant vessel. He first shippedin his sixteenth year, and his good habits andnatural genius for the sea gave him the place offirst officer of a ship when he was a voyage to Holland a mutiny occurredon board his vessel, which was quelled chiefly bythe vigor and determination of young owners rewarded his services by giving himthe command of the ship when he was barelynineteen. At this time he was a singularl
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