Question: What type of details about james nicholson -lrb- naval officer -rrb- can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: james nicholson -lrb- 1737 -- 2 september 1804 -rrb- was an officer in the continental navy during the american revolutionary war . the son of joseph and hannah scott nicholson , he was born in chestertown , maryland . james nicholson served in the colonial navy with the british in the assault on havana in 1762 , and was commissioned captain in the continental navy 10 october 1776 . he commanded '' defense '' , '' trumbull '' , and '' virginia '' , and when blockaded at baltimore , maryland , took his men to join george washington at the battle of trenton to aid in that key victory . made the senior captain in the continental navy due to political influence , he nevertheless had an undistinguished career , never winning a victory or capturing a prize . he lost his first command , the frigate '' virginia '' , while trying to run past the british squadron blockading the mouth of the chesapeake bay . he ran the ship aground and rather than fight the approaching british ships , fled to shore in a boat , leaving the '' virginia '' and her crew to be captured . the next day he approached the captured ship under a flag of truce and asked for his personal effects . nicholson styled his flight as an '' escape '' in his report to congress , and with the only witnesses confined to british prisons , he was eventually given command of '' trumbull '' . that command he lost to '' hms iris '' when his crew refused to fight . nicholson had one son and five daughters , one of whom married albert gallatin . he died at his home in new york city . the ships named uss '' nicholson '' were named for him , his younger brothers , john nicholson and samuel nicholson , his nephew , william nicholson and his grandnephew , james w. nicholson .
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