USS "Spence" (DD-512), a Fletcher class destroyer, was laid down on 18 May 1942 by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; launched on 27 October 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Eben Learned; and commissioned on 8 January 1943, Lieutenant Commander H. J. Armstrong in command.
 The ship was named for Robert T. Spence, superintendent of the construction of USS "Ontario" (1813), and captain of USS "Cyane" (1815).
USS "Neuendorf" (DE-200), a "Buckley"-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Seaman First Class William Frederick Neuendorf (1916–1941), who was killed in action aboard the USS Nevada, as gun captain of No. 6 A.A. gun, gave an example of leadership, skill, and bravery that is remarked upon by all who observed it during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.
 He was commended posthumously "for distinguished devotion to duty and extraordinary courage and disregard for his own safety[,]" and was the most junior sailor mentioned specifically for distinguished conduct in the after action report of the USS Nevada regarding the attack on Pearl Harbor.
USS "Nicholson" (DD-982), a "Spruance"-class destroyer, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for a family which was prominent in early American naval history, including James Nicholson, the senior Continental Navy Captain, and Samuel Nicholson, the first captain of USS "Constitution".
Elrod was born on September 27, 1905, in Turner County, Georgia.
 He enlisted in the Marine Corps in December 1927, and was appointed a Marine second lieutenant in February 1931.
 He attended the University of Georgia and Yale University prior to his entry into the Marine Corps.
Ivan Cyrus Wettengel (1876 – February 19, 1935) was a United States Navy Captain who served as the 25th Naval Governor of Guam.
 A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Wettengel commanded a number of ships.
 He received the Navy Cross for his command of the USS "Wisconsin" during World War I.
 He also commanded the USS "Texas" and the Naval Training Station Hampton Roads.
 During his tenure as governor, he overturned many of the unpopular policies of William Gilmer.
 He also attempted to assemble a bull-mounted Guam Cavalry, but the initiative failed.
 A number of locations in Guam are named in his honor.
USS "Elrod" (FFG-55), an "Oliver Hazard Perry"-class frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named after Captain Henry T. Elrod (1905–1941), a Marine aviator who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the defense of Wake Island in World War II.
The Battle of Wassaw Sound (or the Capture of the CSS "Atlanta") was an American Civil War naval battle between the Confederate ram CSS "Atlanta" and the "Passaic"-class ironclad monitors USS "Weehawken" and USS "Nahant" and the gunboat USS "Cimmerone" (later named "Cimmaron"), which took place on 17 June 1863 in Wassaw Sound, a bay in the present day state of Georgia.
 "Atlanta" ran aground while attempting to break the Union blockade, and after a short battle surrendered to the Union forces.
 Captain Rodgers became a national hero, and he was promoted to Commodore and received the Thanks of Congress as a result of his decisive victory.
William Joseph Toti (born January 15, 1957) is a retired US Navy captain, writer, photographer and corporate executive.
 He is the Vice President of Defense at DXC Technology.
 Toti was the final captain of the Los Angeles class submarine USS Indianapolis (SSN-697).
 He also served as commodore of Submarine Squadron 3 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and is known for his role in the exoneration of the captain of the World War II cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35), Charles B. McVay III.
USS "Ludlow" (DD-438), a "Gleaves"-class destroyer , was the third ship of the United States Navy to bear the name.
 The second and third "Ludlow" ships were named for Lieutenant Augustus C. Ludlow, second in command of USS "Chesapeake" .
 He was, like his captain, mortally wounded in their ship's engagement with HMS "Shannon" on 1 June 1813, and died at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 13 June.
Henry Minett was born in Louisville, Kentucky and entered the United States Naval Academy shortly after his 16th birthday, on June 8, 1872.
 He graduated as a midshipman four years later, on June 20, 1876.
 In his early naval career, he was assigned first to the USS "Swatara", sailing as part of the North Atlantic Squadron.
 After being promoted to ensign, he was reassigned to the USS "Jamestown" from 1879 to 1881.
 The "Jamestown" served as the guard ship for the port of Sitka, Alaska.
 Although he was only an ensign, a small islet in Sitka harbor, Minett Islet, was named for him.
 On his return from Alaska, Minett was assigned to the training ship USS "New Hampshire" in 1882.
 In the next several years, Minett also served on board the USS "Hartford" and the USS "Lackawanna", before being assigned to the research-oriented Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island and sailed with the USS "Marblehead" for several years around Europe before returning to the United States in 1897.
 He served on board the USS "Wabash", a receiving ship in Boston Harbor until 1898.

Question: Where was the captain that the USS Elrod is named after born?
Answer: Turner County, Georgia