Bluejacket

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Bluejacket, or Blue Jacket may refer to:

People

• A term for an enlisted sailor in the United States or Royal Navy
• Blue Jacket (1745–1810), Shawnee war chief known for his defense of Shawnee lands in the Ohio Country
• Charles Blue Jacket (1817–1897), 19th century Shawnee chief in Kansas, and Methodist Minister
• Jim Bluejacket (1887–1947), one of the first Native Americans to play in major league baseball
• Jimmy Smith (baseball) (1895–1974), major league infielder often referred to as Bluejacket

Geographic

• Bluejacket, Oklahoma
• Blue Jacket Creek, a stream in Ohio
• the original 1777 settlement at the site of today's Bellefontaine, Ohio

Ships

• Blue Jacket (clipper), an 1854 clipper ship in the Liverpool and Australia trade
• USS Blue Jacket, the name of several U.S. Navy ships

Sailboats

• Bluejacket 23 (Paceship)

Other

• The Bluejacket's Manual, the basic handbook for U.S. Navy personnel
• The Bluejackets, a 1922 Dutch film
• Columbus Blue Jackets, a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League based in Columbus, Ohio
• Fleet City Bluejackets, a World War II American military football team that won the 1945 service national championship
• Tradescantia ohiensis, a plant known by the common name "bluejacket"