James Biddle (February 18, 1783 - October 1, 1848), of the Biddle family, brother of financier Nicholas Biddle and nephew of Captain Nicholas Biddle was an American commodore. His flagship was USS "Columbus". He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he attended the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating, he entered service in the United States Navy as a midshipman in 1800.

John Young (ca. 1740-1781) was a captain in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, commander of the "Saratoga" which was lost at sea. He began his seafaring career at an early age in the colonial merchant marine and, at the start of the American Revolution, was commissioned 23rd on the list of captains in the Continental Navy.

Admiral Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet (22 April 1772 - 19 August 1853) was a British naval commander of the late 18th through the mid-19th centuries. He held important commands during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 and eventually rose to become Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord. Born in 1772 in London, Cockburn went to sea at the age of 14. He rose rapidly in the Royal Navy, perhaps because his father Sir James Cockburn was a baronet, …

Samuel Nicholson (1743 - 29 December 1811) was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy. The son of Joseph and Hannah Scott Nicholson, he was born in Chestertown, Maryland. Samuel Nicholson was a Lieutenant in "Bonhomme Richard" under John Paul Jones; then, in command of "Deane", captured three British sloops-of-war. Appointed Captain upon the reorganization of the Navy in 1794, …

Johnston Blakeley also spelled Johnston Blakely (October 1781 - October 1814) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France and the War of 1812. Blakeley was born near Seaford, County Down, Ireland. Brought to the United States as a child in 1783, he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1800, then joined the Navy and was appointed a Midshipman in 1800.

Richard Doyle entered the United States Navy on board the schooner "Enterprise" 25 August 1803 at Malta. On 14 November 1803 he was promoted to quarter gunner. He volunteered for the expedition under Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, Jr., which entered the harbor of Tripoli and daringly destroyed the former U.S. frigate "Philadelphia" 16 February 1804. Doyle later served in the frigate "John Adams", …

Jonathan Haraden (11 November 1744 - 23 November 1803) was a privateer during the American Revolution. Born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Haraden joined the Massachusetts State Navy in July 1776 as First Lieutenant of the sloop-of-war "Tyrannicide", fourteen guns. On board for two years, he captured many prizes, becoming her commander in 1777. In 1778, Haraden began his career as a privateersman, commanding the "General Pickering", sloop of fourteen guns.

James Glynn (1800-1871) was a U.S. Navy officer who in 1848 distinguished himself by being the first American to negotiate successfully with the Japanese during the "Closed Country" period. James Glynn entered the United States Navy on March 4, 1815. He became a lieutenant in 1825, a commander in 1841, and served on the California coast during the Mexican-American War. He was put in command of the sloop-of-war USS "Preble" (16 guns) and sent to China.

Captain William Levereth Hudson, USN (11 May 1794 - 15 October 1862) was a United States Navy officer in the early 19th century. Hudson was born 11 May 1794 in Brooklyn. His first service afloat was in the Mediterranean Squadron under Commodore William Bainbridge in the schooner "Alert" and sloop-of-war "Ontario" from 1815 to 1817. Hudson was appointed midshipman 1 January 1816.

Josiah Martin (April 23, 1737 on the island of Antigua - July, 1786 in London, England) was the colonial governor of the Province of North Carolina (1771-1775). Martin became an ensign in the British army in 1756, and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1769. He was appointed the royal governor of North Carolina, succeeding William Tryon, who had been transferred to Province of New York. After his home was attacked by Whigs on April 24, 1775, …

Yuri Fyodorovich Lisyansky (also spelled as Urey Lisiansky) (August 13, 1773-March 06, 1837) was an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy and explorer. In 1786 he graduated from the Navy Cadet Corps and took part in the Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790). During 1790-1793 he served in the Baltic Fleet. During 1793-1799 he sailed British ships all over the globe.

Charles Vernon Gridley (24 November 1844 - 25 May 1898) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Civil War and the Spanish-American War. Born in Logansport, Indiana, Gridley was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1860. Reporting for duty with his class in September 1863, Gridley joined the sloop-of-war "Oneida" with the West Gulf Blockading Squadron and distinguished himself with David Farragut at the Battle of Mobile Bay 5 August 1864.

Rear Admiral John Donaldson Ford (19 May 1840 - 17 April 1918) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Ford entered the Navy as third assistant engineer 30 July 1862. Assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron 1862-65, he participated in engagements on the Mississippi River and the Battle of Mobile Bay.

Joachim Pease was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the American Civil War. Joachim Pease enlisted in the Navy from New York City and served onboard USS "Kearsarge" during the Civil War. On 19 June 1864, off the coast of Cherbourg, France, "Kearsarge" battled the Confederate sloop-of-war CSS "Alabama".

Richard Worsam Meade II (1807 - 16 April 1870) (also called Richard Worsam Meade, Sr., in relation to his son, Rear Admiral Richard Worsam Meade III) was an officer in the United States Navy. Meade was born in Spain in 1807 to Richard Worsam Meade I (1778-1828) and his wife Margaret Coats Butler Meade (and was the brother of General George Meade, the victor of Gettysburg). He entered the Navy as a Midshipman in April 1826, appointed from the state of Pennsylvania.

James Shepard Thornton (25 February 1826 - 14 May 1875) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Born at Merrimack, New Hampshire, Thornton was appointed midshipman on 15 January 1841 and served in the sloop-of-war "John Adams" during the Mexican-American War. The outbreak of the Civil War found him serving on the Atlantic coast in brig "Bainbridge".

Benjamin Swearer was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the American Civil War. While serving as a Seaman aboard the steam sloop-of-war USS "Pawnee" on August 29 1861, Swearer took part in the capture of Fort Clark at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina. For his service during this action, known as the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries, …

Frederick Thornton Peters, VC, DSO, DSC & Bar (September 17, 1889 - November 13, 1942) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Frederick Thornton "Fritz" Peters was 53 years old, …

Sir Alexander Dundas Young Arbuthnott (1789, Forton, Hampshire - 8 May, 1871, Leicester) was a British Rear Admiral during Britain's Victorian era. Arbuthnott served as a midshipman aboard the warship "Mars" at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. He was present at the capture of "Le Rhin" in 1806 and that of four French frigates off Rochefort by Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet's Squadron in 1806. He was with the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807, …

Franklin Buchanan (September 13, 1800-May 11, 1874) was an officer in the United States Navy who became an admiral in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War, and commanded the ironclad CSS Virginia. Buchanan was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He became a midshipman in 1815, was promoted to Lieutenant in 1825, Commander in 1841 and Captain in 1855. Over the four and a half decades of his U.S. Navy service, Buchanan had extensive and worldwide sea duty.

Richard Worsam Meade III (also called Richard Worsam Meade, Jr., by many sources) (9 October 1837 - 4 May 1897) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Born in New York City, he was the son of Passed Midshipman Richard Worsam Meade II, USN, and followed his father into a Navy career when he entered the United States Naval Academy in 1850.

Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow (1811 - 29 September 1873) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. He was in command of the steam sloop of war USS "Kearsarge" during her historic 1864 action with the Confederate ship "Alabama".

Major General Charles Heywood (3 October 1839 - 26 February 1915) was the ninth Commandant of the Marine Corps. Heywood was born in Waterville, Maine. He was appointed second lieutenant in the Marine Corps from New York, on 5 April 1858. During that year he was stationed at the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., and at Brooklyn, New York. While on duty in Brooklyn he served in the 1858 quarantine riots at Staten Island, New York.

Rear Admiral John Henry Russell (4 July 1827 - 1 April 1897) was an officer of the United States Navy during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. Russell was born at Frederick, Maryland on 4 July 1827 to Sir James Henry Russell and Martha Wilson Russell. He was appointed midshipman 10 September 1841 and served in the sloop of war "Cyane" in the Pacific until 1843. He returned in the frigate "United States" in 1844 and served in "St.

Admiral William Hotham, 1st Baron Hotham (1736-1813), was an officer in the Royal Navy. He was the son of Sir Beaumont Hotham (died 1771), a lineal descendant of the above Sir John Hotham, and was educated at Westminster School and at the Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth. He entered the navy in 1751, and spent most of his midshipman's time in American waters.