Bluejacket
Encyclopedia

People

  • A term for an enlisted sailor
    Sailor
    A sailor, mariner, or seaman is a person who navigates water-borne vessels or assists in their operation, maintenance, or service. The term can apply to professional mariners, military personnel, and recreational sailors as well as a plethora of other uses...

     in the U.S. or British Navy
  • Blue Jacket
    Blue Jacket
    Blue Jacket or Weyapiersenwah was a war chief of the Shawnee people, known for his militant defense of Shawnee lands in the Ohio Country...

    , a Shawnee war chief known for his defense of Shawnee lands in the Ohio Country
  • Charles Blue Jacket
    Charles Blue Jacket
    Charles Blue Jacket was a 19th-Century Shawnee chief in Kansas, as well as a Methodist minister.Charles Blue Jacket was the grandson of the Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket by his son George Blue Jacket. Charles' mother is not known, but believed to have been a Shawnee...

    , a 19th century Shawnee chief in Kansas, and Methodist Minister
  • Jim Bluejacket
    Jim Bluejacket
    Jim Bluejacket was a Major League Baseball pitcher in the early 20th century...

    , one of the first Native Americans to play in major league baseball
  • Jimmy Smith (baseball), a major league infielder often referred to as Bluejacket

Geographic

  • Bluejacket, Oklahoma
    Bluejacket, Oklahoma
    Bluejacket is a town in Craig County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 274 at the 2000 census. Bluejacket was named for its first postmaster, the Rev...

  • the original 1777 settlement at the site of today's Bellefontaine, Ohio
    Bellefontaine, Ohio
    Bellefontaine is a city in and the county seat of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The population was 13,069 at the 2000 census. It is the center of the Bellefontaine Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau in 2003...

  • an unincorporated town next to Calumet, Michigan
    Calumet, Michigan
    Calumet is a village in Calumet Township, Houghton County, in the U.S. state of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, that was once at the center of the mining industry of the Upper Peninsula. Also known as Red Jacket, the village includes the Calumet Downtown Historic District, listed on the National...


Ships

  • Blue Jacket (clipper)
    Blue Jacket (clipper)
    The Blue Jacket was an 1854 extreme clipper in the Liverpool and Australia trades, named after the blue jackets, a traditional name for sailors in the US and British navies.-Figurehead:...

    , an 1854 clipper ship in the Liverpool and Australia trade.
  • USS Blue Jacket
    USS Blue Jacket
    USS Blue Jacket is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:, a C2-S-B1 type freighter as laid down 23 October 1941 at Oakland, California....

    , the name of several U.S. Navy ships
  • Blue Jacket (schooner), of Beaumaris

Other

  • The Bluejacket's Manual
    The Bluejacket's Manual
    The Bluejacket's Manual is the basic handbook for United States Navy personnel. First issued in 1902 to teach new recruits about naval procedures and life and offer a reference for active sailors, it has become the "bible" for Navy personnel, providing information about a wide range of Navy topics...

    , the basic handbook for U.S. Navy personnel
  • The Bluejackets
    The Bluejackets
    The Bluejackets is a 1922 Dutch silent film directed by Maurits Binger.-Cast:* Beppie De Vries - Blonde Greet* Maurits de Vries - Dolle Dries* Johan Elsensohn - De Schele, de verloofde van Toffe Jans* Louis Davids - De Blauwe* Piet Urban - De Mop...

    , a 1922 Dutch film
  • Northwest Indian War
    Northwest Indian War
    The Northwest Indian War , also known as Little Turtle's War and by various other names, was a war fought between the United States and a confederation of numerous American Indian tribes for control of the Northwest Territory...

    , a war fought between the United States and various Indian tribes for control of the Northwest Territory
  • Columbus Blue Jackets
    Columbus Blue Jackets
    The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...

    , a professional ice hockey team in the NHL based in Columbus, Ohio
  • Blue Jacket (radar), an Airborne Radio Installation 5880 airborne Doppler
    Doppler radar
    A Doppler radar is a specialized radar that makes use of the Doppler effect to produce velocity data about objects at a distance. It does this by beaming a microwave signal towards a desired target and listening for its reflection, then analyzing how the frequency of the returned signal has been...

     navigation radar fitted to Hawker-Siddeley Buccaneer aircraft
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