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Benjamin Stoddert Elementary School in Washington D.C. In the Georgetown section of Washington, DC, there was a Stoddert Street named after Benjamin Stoddert. [4] In the Georgetown street renaming of 1895 the name was changed to Q Street NW. An apartment building that today stands at 2900 Q Street NW is named The Stoddert. [5]
USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG-22), named for Benjamin Stoddert (1751–1813), Secretary of the Navy from 1798 to 1801, was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile armed destroyer in the United States Navy.
Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert's letter to John Adams of 24 August 1799, informing the president of the Navy's withdrawal from Philadelphia. [ 1 ] Until 1800, Philadelphia served as the capital city of the United States and the seat of its federal government . [ 2 ]
Stoddert was laid down on 4 July 1918 at San Francisco, California, by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation; launched on 8 January 1919; sponsored by Mrs. Gavin McNab; and commissioned on 30 June 1920. Stoddert joined Division 33 of the Reserve Destroyer Squadron, Pacific Fleet, and completed fitting-out at Mare Island Navy Yard.
[33] [34] This provocation prompted President Adams to appoint Benjamin Stoddert as the first Secretary of the Navy. Stoddert immediately ordered his senior commanders to "subdue, seize and take any armed vessel or vessels sailing under the authority or pretense of authority, from the French Republic."
English: View of the damage aboard the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG-22) at Da Nang, Vietnam. Benjamin Stoddert had been hit by shore batteries off Vietnam on 23 April 1972.
Benjamin Stoddert Ewell (June 10, 1810 – June 19, 1894) was a United States and Confederate army officer, civil engineer, and educator from James City County, Virginia.He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1832 and served as an officer and educator.
Benjamin Stoddert (1751–1813), United States Secretary of the Navy; John Truman Stoddert (1790–1870), American politician; Places. Fort Stoddert; Stoddert, Virginia;