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Last captain of SS United States, the biggest ocean liner ever built entirely in the United States and fastest passenger liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean in regular service. United States: Yes 1910 2004 Aruga, Kōsaku. Japanese naval officer who participated in World War II. Known for his participation in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Japan: Yes 1897
D. Ranulph Dacre; Martin Daly (captain) William Dampier; John Daniel (ship's captain) William Davies (master mariner) James Davis (mariner) William Day (sea captain)
Robert Leckie – served with the 1st Marine Division during World War II; in later life an author of books including Helmet for My Pillow; John A. Lejeune – 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Commanding General of the U.S. Army's 2nd Infantry Division, and author of the birthday message read aloud at every Marine Corps Birthday Ball ceremony
Jack Chevigny [77] – American football player, coach, lawyer and Marine Corps officer who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. He is best known for scoring the famous "that's one for Gipper" touchdown for Knute Rockne's Notre Dame football team on November 10, 1928, against Army at Yankee Stadium.
Don Walsh – captain, submarine officer, navy diver, oceanographer and marine policy specialist. While aboard the bathyscaphe Trieste , he and Jacques Piccard made a record maximum descent in the Challenger Deep on January 23, 1960, to 35,813 feet (10,916 m).
Commodore John William Anderson (February 14, 1899 – February 15, 1976) was the longest serving captain of the SS United States, the fastest ocean liner in history. In 1952, he relieved Commodore Harry Manning as master of the superliner after the recordbreaking voyage on which she broke the translantic speed record previously held by the RMS Queen Mary and captured the Blue Riband for the ...
Sadie O. Horton, spent World War II working aboard a coastwise U.S. Merchant Marine barge, and posthumously received official veteran's status for her wartime service, becoming the first recorded female Merchant Marine veteran of World War II [2] Samuel Leech (1798–1848), wrote of experiences in both the Royal Navy and US Navy
Chester William Nimitz (/ ˈ n ɪ m ɪ t s /; 24 February 1885 – 20 February 1966) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy.He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II.