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 beginning with John Adams and is notable for his many victories at sea. He commanded several famous naval ships, including USS\u00a0Constitution and saw service in […]<\/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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