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	William Bainbridge - LoveToKnow 1911
		WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE (1774-1833), commodore in the United States navy, was born on the 7th of May 1774 in Princeton, New Jersey.
		Bainbridge had therefore to expect, and when he could to elude or beat off, much interference on the part of French and British cruisers alike.
		The "Constitution" was a very fine ship of 1533 tons, which had already captured the "Guerriere." Under Bainbridge she was sent to cruise in the South Atlantic.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /William_Bainbridge (600 words)

	William Bainbridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Bainbridge (May 7, 1774 – July 28, 1833) was a Commodore in the United States Navy, notable for his victory over HMS Java during the War of 1812.
		Bainbridge was also sent to carry the tribute which the United States still condescended to pay to the dey of Algiers, in order to secure exemption from capture for its merchant ships in the Mediterranean — a service which he performed punctually, though with great disgust.
		During 1988 in the Straits of Hormuz, U.S.S Bainbridge was attacked by the Iran Navy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Bainbridge (895 words)

	William Bainbridge
		William, his fourth son, was distinguished for his adventurous disposition in early youth, and, with a good education, he elected to follow the sea.
		On Bainbridge's arrival off Tripoli he gave chase to a Tripolitan corsair and struck oil a rock, by which the "Philadelphia" was wrecked, and she was then surrounded by Tripolitan gun-boats and forced to surrender, not being able to use her guns.
		Bainbridge and his officers and crew remained prisoners for nineteen months during the Tripolitan war, suffering many privations, and being subjected to all the dangers of the fire from the American fleet.
	www.famousamericans.net /williambainbridge (1922 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: William Bainbridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William, his fourth son, was distinguished for his adventurous disposition in early youth, and, with a good education, he elected to follow the sea.
		On Bainbridge's arrival off Tripoli he gave chase to a Tripolitan corsair and struck oil a rock, by which the "Philadelphia" was wrecked, and she was then surrounded by Tripolitan gun-boats and forced to surrender, not being able to use her guns.
		Bainbridge and his officers and crew remained prisoners for nineteen months during the Tripolitan war, suffering many privations, and being subjected to all the dangers of the fire from the American fleet.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/William-Bainbridge (2262 words)

	William Bainbridge: America's Unlucky Sea Captain
		William Bainbridge was one of the fathers of the United States Navy.
		Bainbridge was appointed to command the Essex in 1801 as part of a squadron under Commodore Richard Dale, to cruise against the North African Barbary powers.
		Bainbridge could not bring his cannons to bear since his ship sat at an angle, and he was forced to surrender.
	www.earlyamerica.com /review/2005_summer_fall/sea_captain.htm (1590 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Bainbridge was born in Princeton, New Jersey, on 7 May 1774.
		On the organization of a navy in 1798, Bainbridge was given command of the schooner RETALIATION with the rank of lieutenant-commandant.
		On his arrival at Algiers, Bainbridge was obliged to accede to a demand of the Dey to carry presents to Constantinople, and also an ambassador to the Ottoman Porte.
	www.cnsl.spear.navy.mil /bainbridge/Namesake.htm (910 words)

	Bainbridge, Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bainbridge is a city located in Decatur County, Georgia.
		Bainbridge, like much of Decatur County, is predominantly Republican, conservative, and Christian.
		Several major industries, including Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch), have tried to locate plants in the Bainbridge area but were blocked by the locals who do not wish to compete with better paying industry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bainbridge,_Georgia (470 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Bainbridge
		Bainbridge is located on the Flint River and is one of two "inland ports" in Georgia (the other is Columbus).
		According to the 2000 U.S. census the population of Bainbridge is 11,722 (47.5 percent white, 50.3 percent African American, and 2 percent Hispanic).
		Bainbridge College, which serves one Florida county and eight Georgia counties, was established in 1970 and opened to students in 1973.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?path=/CitiesCounties/Cities&id=h-2213 (677 words)

	William H
		William H. Bainbridge, Lawrenceburgh, judge incumbent of the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court, and an able member of the Dearborn County bar, is a descendant of the old English stock of Bainbridges, of which his second cousin, Com.
		Judge Bainbridge was married in 1855, to Lucretia A. Wright, of Quaker extraction, a daughter of Joshua Wright, a man of fine mental attainments, and niece of Rev. George W. Maley, a former prominent Methodist Minister of Cincinnati.
		Miss Cora Bainbridge is a young lady of rare musical attainments, and devotes some time in giving instructions in that most civilizing of all arts, and is now in Europe prosecuting her musical studies.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/in/state/dearborn_co/bainbridge_william_h.htm (735 words)

	Bainbridge TWP. - History
		Bainbridge Township’s history starts with the McConoughey family’s trek from Blandford, Massachusetts, in 1811, six years before the township was founded.
		Bainbridge was named after a popular naval hero of the war of 1812, Commodore William Bainbridge.
		The Old Bainbridge Store, once a familiar landmark at the corner of Chillicothe and Bainbridge Roads, was built about 1846 and was the last of the general stores in the township.
	www.bainbridgetwp.com /history.php (546 words)

	US People--Bainbridge, William (1774-1833)
		William Bainbridge was born in Princeton, New Jersey, on 7 May 1774.
		Bainbridge was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy in August 1798.
		Bainbridge was stationed at Boston, in charge of building the ship of the line Independence, during most of the rest of the war.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/pers-us/uspers-b/w-bainbg.htm (869 words)

	Historical Society of Princeton
		Bainbridge House is one of the oldest surviving buildings in Princeton still on its original foundation.
		Bainbridge House is named after William Bainbridge, born in the house on May 7, 1774, son of Absalom Bainbridge, to whom the house was leased earlier that year.
		William Bainbridge was a future Commodore in the U.S. Navy and commanded the U.S.S. Constitution ("Old Ironsides").
	www.princetonhistory.org /bainbridge.cfm (478 words)

	Untitled Document
		On the organization of a navy in 1798, Bainbridge was given command of the schooner RETALIATION with the rank of lieutenant-commandant.
		On his arrival at Algiers, Bainbridge was obliged to accede to a demand of the Dey to carry presents to Constantinople, and also an ambassador to the Ottoman Porte.
		Commodore William Bainbridge was wounded twice, and the ship's wheel was shot away, but for more than 2 hours he maneuvered brilliantly and fought tenaciously until, finally, JAVA had no masts left standing and her
	www.bainbridge.navy.mil /Namesake.htm (910 words)

	United States of America Congressional Gold Medal Recipient William Bainbridge
		USS Bainbridge, a 420-ton destroyer that was the first of her class, and the first ship classified as a destroyer by the U.S. Navy, was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		On 16 December 1922, Bainbridge saved nearly 500 people from the French transport Vinh-Long, which was burning in the Sea of Marmora near Constantinople, and act for which her crew was officially commended and her Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander Walter A. Edwards, was awarded the Medal of Honor.
		Bainbridge rejoined the Special Service Squadron in 1933 and, late in the following year, was transferred to the Pacific, where she was active until decommissioning in November 1937.
	www.congressionalgoldmedal.com /WilliamBainbridge.htm (1662 words)

	William Bainbridge Biography
		William Bainbridge (May 7, 1774 - July 28, 1833) was a Commodore in the United States Navy, notable for his victory over HMS Java during the War of 1812.
		Born in Princeton, New Jersey, at the age of fourteen he went to sea in the merchant service, and was in command of a trading schooner (a ship with two or more masts) at an early age.
		Under Bainbridge she was sent to cruise in the South Atlantic.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Bainbridge_William.html (631 words)

	WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When the war of 1812 broke out between Great Britain and the United States, Bainbridge was appointed to command the United States frigate Constitution(44), in succession to Captain Isaac Hull (q.v.).
		On the 29th of December 1812 he fell in with H.M.S. Java, a vessel of 1073 tons, formerly the French frigate Renomme (40).
		She was cut to pieces and forced to surrender, after suffering heavy loss, and inflicting very little on the Constitution.
	15.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BA/BAINBRIDGE_WILLIAM.htm (612 words)

	William Bainbridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bainbridge had therefore to expect and he could to elude or beat off interference on the part of French and cruisers alike.
		When the War of 1812 broke out the United Kingdom and the United States Bainbridge was appointed to command the frigate Constitution (44) in succession to Captain Isaac The Constitution was a very fine ship of tons which had already captured the HMS Guerrière.
		Under Bainbridge she was sent to in the South Atlantic.
	www.freeglossary.com /William_Bainbridge (787 words)

	William Bainbridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Born in Princeton, NJ, 7 May 1774, William Bainbridge was appointed Lieutenant in the Navy 3 August 1798.
		He performed distinguished service in the war, with France and commanded the frigate Philadelphia when she ran aground and was captured in the harbor of Tripoli 29 December 1803.
		Commodore Bainbridge died in Philadelphia 28 July 1833 and was buried at Christ Church, Philadelphia.
	www.destroyers.org /ShipList/Namesake/n-Bainbridge.htm (123 words)

	Bainbridge Junior High Middle School
		Bainbridge opened in September 1915, one of three which junior high schools (Bainbridge, Bellevue, and Binford) organized from the sixth and seventh grades of neighboring schools.
		When Bainbridge was closed in 1975 because the coal-fired furnaces did not meet the provisions of the Clean Air Act of 1970, students were reassigned to Westover Hills, Thompson, Albert Hill, and Binford.
		Bainbridge was declared surplus to the City, November 1, 1977 (exclusive of the gymnasium which became part of Muray School).
	www.richmond.k12.va.us /history/bainbridgejuniorhigh.html (272 words)

	William Wheeler Bainbridge
		Bainbridge said, "is expanding more than any other market." He reported a 26 per cent increase in production for the first 10 months of 1962 and a 45 per cent increase in the number of new accounts.
		Bainbridge was the son of the late Dr. William Seaman Bainbridge, who was a director of the Equitable and an internationally known authority on cancer, and Mrs.
		Bainbridge was born in New York City and married the former Barbara Elizabeth Sims on November 6, 1937.
	home1.gte.net /wsbainbridge/mem/wwb/wwb.htm (4427 words)

	Galesburg's Top Sergeant
		Galesburg's Sergeant Major of the Army, William G. Bainbridge, was born at St. Mary's Hospital on April 17, 1925.
		One of William G. Bainbridge's ancestors was Manuel Trout who was a private in Company B of the 102nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry that fought during the Civil War.
		William G. Bainbridge became Sergeant Major of the Army in July, 1975, serving with the Frederick C. Weyand, Chief of Staff of the Army through September 1976.
	www.thezephyr.com /backtrack/topsgt.htm (805 words)

	WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE (17... - Online Information article about WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE (17...
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		She was cut to pieces and forced to surrender, after suffering heavy loss, and inflicting very little on the " Constitution." After the conclusion of the war with Great Britain, Bainbridge served against the Barbary pirates once more.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BAI_BAR/BAINBRIDGE_WILLIAM_1774_1833_.html (871 words)

	William Bainbridge
		William Bainbridge, commodore in the United States Navy, was born on the 7th of May 1774 in Princeton, New Jersey.
		The "Constitution" was a very fine ship of 1533 tons, which had already captured the "Guerrière." Under Bainbridge she was sent to cruise in the South Atlantic.
		On the 29th of December 1812 he fell in with H.M.S. "Java", a vessel of 1073 tons, formerly the French frigate "Renommée." She was on her way to the East Indies, carrying the newly appointed lieutenant-governor of Bombay.
	www.nndb.com /people/229/000100926 (599 words)

	William G. Bainbridge - Former Sergeant Major of the Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William G. Bainbridge, the 5th Sergeant Major of the Army, was sworn in on July 1, 1975 and served until June of 1979.
		Midway through his tour in Vietnam, Sergeant Major Bainbridge was appointed Command Sergeant major of the II Field Force.
		In October 1972 Sergeant Major Bainbridge became the first Command Sergeant Major of the newly created United States Army Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas and remained there until his appointment as Sergeant Major of the Army on 1 July 1975.
	www.army.mil /leaders/leaders/sma/former/bainbridge.html (273 words)

	Bainbridge Island Heritage
		He named the Island for Captain William Bainbridge, an American naval hero in the War of 1812.
		Bainbridge berries were the best and commanded the highest prices.
		The Japanese American and Filipino Community have always been a great influence on Bainbridge Island; their strawberry farms were the benchmark of the industry in their day.
	bainbridgeisland.com /heritage/index.htm (409 words)

	William Bainbridge - Encyclopedia.com
		The dey forced him to proceed under the Ottoman flag to Constantinople—an insult that contributed to the American decision to declare war against the Barbary States.
		In the war of 1812, as commander of the Constitution, Bainbridge captured the British frigate Java off the Brazilian coast in Dec., 1812.
		UCLA Law Professor Stephen Bainbridge Selected as the William D. Warren Professor of Law.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-BainbridW.html (629 words)

	Bainbridge, William. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The dey forced him to proceed under the Ottoman flag to Constantinople—an insult that contributed to the American decision to declare war against the Barbary States.
		In 1803, assigned to the troubled Mediterranean area, Bainbridge’s ship, the Philadelphia, ran aground in the harbor of Tripoli and was captured.
		In the war of 1812, as commander of the Constitution, Bainbridge captured the British frigate Java off the Brazilian coast in Dec., 1812.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ba/BainbridW.html (234 words)

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