Women veterans from the Civil ... more modern ships, of course. She was on guided-missile cruisers USS Vella Gulf, USS San Jacinto and USS Vicksburg before taking command of Old Ironsides.

Under the command of William Bainbridge, 'Old Ironsides', met Java ... and during the Civil War served as a training ship for midshipmen. After another period of rebuilding in 1871, she ...