The ships Charles V. Gridley served upon ran the whole history of the U.S. Navy from 1860 (actually back to 1798) to 1898. A lot of years.
The ships went from wooden to steel, sails to steam.
USS Constitution (USNA)
USS Oneida
USS Brooklyn (This ship was at the Battle of Mobile Bay and the Battles of Fort Fisher. Gridley served on it after the war.)
USS Kearsarge
USS Michigan (1871)
USS Monongahela (1873)
USS Trenton
USS Marion (his first actual command 1892)
USS Olympia
--Cooter
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