USS "Kearsarge" was the only ship of the United States Navy named for a mountain whose summit has remained bare since a forest fire in what year?
USS Kearsarge (1861) USS "Kearsarge", a "Mohican"-class sloop-of-war, is best known for her defeat of the Confederate commerce raider  during the American Civil War. "Kearsarge" was the only ship of the United States Navy named for Mount Kearsarge in New Hampshire. Subsequent ships were later named "Kearsarge" in honor of the ship.
Powell Hill Powell Hill ( ) is a rounded, ice-covered prominence 6 nautical miles (11 km) west-southwest of Mount Christmas, overlooking the head of Algie Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander James A. Powell, U.S. Navy, communications officer at McMurdo Station during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1963 and 1964.