Captain Franz von Hipper was the ship's first commanding officer; he took command of the ship the day she was commissioned.
In September 1934, Karl Dönitz, the future commander of the Kriegsmarine, took command of the ship and remained in the position until September 1935.
Eliza N. Garfield, a Manhattan native, Harvard graduate and experienced sailor, took command of the ship this summer and hopes to get students more involved with the ship.
(Ages 10 to 14) In 1768, James Cook was given command of the ship Endeavour for a three-year around-the-world voyage of exploration and map making.
History has shown again and again that a vice president must be ready to assume command of the ship of state on a moment's notice.
But the show has one ace up its sleeve: Robert Carlyle, who stars as Dr. Nicholas Rush, the renegade scientist who assumes command of the ship.
The Prime Minister told his opponent he was "not really in command of the ship", and afterwards Labour MPs sank into their seats in Westminster's tea rooms, agreeing with the Tory leader.
A few of the colonists blame Vee for casualties during the rescue, there are attempts to take command of the ship from her, and people start dying in mysterious "accidents".
