May 7th 1774 \u2013 July 27th 1833<\/span><\/p>\n Commodore in the United States Navy. During his long career in the young American Navy he served under six presidents beginning with John Adams<\/a> and is notable for his many victories at sea. He commanded several famous naval ships, including USS\u00a0Constitution and saw service in the Barbary Wars<\/a> and the War of 1812<\/a>. Bainbridge was also in command of USS\u00a0Philadelphia when it grounded off the shores of Tripoli<\/a> in North Africa, resulting in his capture and imprisonment for many months. In the latter part of his career he became the U.S. Naval Commissioner.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https:\/\/eb1870.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/FAMOUS-MASON-WILLIAM-BAINBRIDGE-1.jpg” alt=”Famous Freemason William Bainbridge” show_in_lightbox=”on” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brother William Bainbridge May 7th 1774 \u2013 July 27th 1833 Commodore in the United States Navy. During his long career in the young American Navy he served under six presidents […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
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