In 1917, he was named skipper of the Royal Naval Reserve in St. John's by the British Emperor.

In 1962 he became the first black officer to command a United States warship when he was named skipper of the destroyer Falgout, which patrolled the so-called Pacific Barrier between the Aleutian and Midway Islands.

In 1961, Baker became the first African-American manager in Organized Baseball when the Pirates named him skipper of their Batavia Pirates farm club in the New York-Penn League.

Lieutenant Commander Connelly had not been formally named skipper of the War Eagles yet, but as the squadron's XO he'd been running VF-97 since CAG had grounded Bayerly a week before.

Makwaza regained the armband and was named permanent skipper in August 1969 after Zambia lost 2-1 away to Cameroun to bow out of the 1970 CAN race.

David Barnes of Auckland yesterday was named skipper of New Zealand's 132-foot monohull sloop for next month's America's Cup races.

But in January 1978, the Orioles' pitching coach position opened unexpectedly when George Bamberger was named skipper of the Milwaukee Brewers.

He managed at the top level of the St. Louis organization with the Rochester Red Wings and Columbus Red Birds from 1933 to 1938 and was named skipper of the Cardinals in 1939.

In 2008, Fernando was named skipper of one of the two Spanish entries in the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009, Telefónica Black.

He was interim manager for a few weeks before being named full-time skipper on July 16.