# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-m-callaghan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:24:22.368Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-m-callaghan"
name: "William M. Callaghan"
slug: "william-m-callaghan"
description: "William McCombe Callaghan was a United States Navy officer who served as the first captain of the battleship USS Missouri and the inaugural commander of the Military Sea Transportation Service. Through the course of almost 40 years, he served his country in three wars. His naval career began on a destroyer in the final months of World War I. Following command of the destroyer USS Reuben James and logistical work prior to World War II, he took command of Missouri in 1944."
tagline: "United States Navy Admiral (1897-1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_M._Callaghan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1897-08-08"
deathDate: "1991-07-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.820304
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A5%D9%85._%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام إم. كالاغان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام ام. كالاجان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Callaghan"
    title: "William M. Callaghan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Callaghan"
    title: "William M. Callaghan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BBM%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ウィリアム・M・キャラハン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8014851"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump