William Day
...that shortly after Captain William Day received the first gun salute to an American fighting vessel in a European port, at Brest, France, in July 1777, he sailed home and effectively vanished from history?
...that shortly after Captain <b id="mwDig"><a href="./William_Day_(sea_captain)" id="mwDik" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William Day (sea captain)">William Day</a></b> received the first <a href="./Gun_salute" id="mwDio" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gun salute">gun salute</a> to an <a href="./American_Revolutionary_War" id="mwDis" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Revolutionary War">American</a> fighting vessel in a European port, at <a href="./Brest,_France" id="mwDiw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Brest, France">Brest, France</a>, in July <a href="./1777" id="mwDi0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1777">1777</a>, he sailed home and effectively vanished from history?