As a result, the Navy named the bank after him in 1855.
In 1984, the Navy named a class of missile-launching destroyers for him.
The first ship to be named Marietta by the Navy, she was a 5 gun, 28-oared row gunboat.
Widgeon was named by the Navy after the widgeon, a fresh water duck.
Bath received a big break in 1978 when the Navy named it the lead builder of a frigate, part of a multibillion-dollar program.
The first ship to be named Viper by the Navy, was originally the cutter Ferret.
These high speed transports were named APDs by the Navy.
There have been two ships of the United States Navy named Carondelet:
The first ship to be named Courser by the Navy, AMc-32 served in an "in service" status from 1941 to 1947.
The Navy has named two ships USS Herndon in his honor.