List of The Last Ship characters

Rachel Scott

Dr. Rachel Scott, M.D., Ph.D. was the leading paleomicrobiologist aboard the USS Nathan James (DDG-151) alongside Doctor Quincy Tophet. She worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization to create a cure for the virus that had wiped out most of the human race. Little is known about her personal life, however it was confirmed that she had a boyfriend who's fate was unknown, furthermore she and Tex had a very close relationship. In the Season 2 finale she was shot dead. In Season 3 she was on a stamp in a ration books as a way to remember her commitment. She was portrayed by Rhona Mitra.

Mike Slattery

Captain Michael "Mike" Slattery is the former executive officer and current captain of the USS Nathan James (DDG-151). He is portrayed by Adam Baldwin.

Biography

Originally from Chicago, Mike Slattery is a former homicide detective with the Chicago Police Department (during which time he was presumably a member of the United States Navy Reserve). He is married to Christine Slattery, with whom he has three children, two daughters and a son, Lucas.

By 2014, Slattery held the rank of Commander in the United States Navy and was the Executive Officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Nathan James (DDG-151). That year, the Nathan James took on paleomicrobiologists Dr. Rachel Scott (Rhona Mitra) and Dr. Quincy Tophet (Sam Spruell) as the Nathan James conducted operations at the Arctic. However, their mission, unknown to even them, was just a cover for Drs. Scott and Tophet, who were actually collecting samples of a deadly virus that has infected 80 percent of the human population while they have been at sea, including his own son, Lucas.

When CDR Chandler was promoted to Chief of Naval Operations after the defeat of the Immunes and the successful creation of the "contagious cure" by Dr. Scott, Slattery was promoted to the rank of Captain and named Commanding Officer of the Nathan James. He was captured as a P.O.W. by pirates, he has since been rescued and is once again CO of the USS Nathan James.

Awards and decorations

The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by CAPT Slattery.

CAPT Slattery received the Silver Star and the Purple Heart for his actions during the Red Flu crisis.

Russ Jeter

Command Master Chief Petty Officer Russell "Russ" Jeter is the senior enlisted advisor of the USS Nathan James (DDG-151). He is portrayed by Charles Parnell.

Biography

The oldest member of the Nathan James crew, CMC Russ Jeter is a decorated chief petty officer with over 20 years of service in the United States Navy. In addition to his role as the ship's senior enlisted advisor, CMC Jeter also serves as the ship's de facto chaplain, leading religious services onboard and presiding over burials at sea.

His wife and children were killed in a car crash while he was driving; although he was found not culpable for the accident, he still suffers from survivor's guilt to this day.

Awards and decorations

The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by CMC Jeter.

CMC Jeter received the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart for his actions during the Red Flu crisis.

Quincy Tophet

Tophet was a paleomicrobiologist, in season 1 he is a mole for the Russians due to the fact they were holding his family captive. He was shot in the season 1 finale and allowed himself to be killed rather than reveal the location of the cure. He was portrayed by Sam Spruell.

Danny Green

Lieutenant Daniel Joshua "Danny" Green is the leader of the Naval Mountain Warfare Unit attached to the USS Nathan James (DDG-151). He is portrayed by Travis Van Winkle.

Awards and decorations

The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by LT Green.

LT Green received his third Bronze Star for his actions during the Red Flu crisis.

Kara Green (née Foster)

Lieutenant Kara Green (née Foster) is the current Deputy Chief of Staff to President Michener and a former United States Navy officer that served aboard the USS Nathan James (DDG-151) in the Combat Information Center under the command of Commander Tom Chandler. She is portrayed by Marissa Neitling.

Biography

Kara was born circa 1988 and grew up in Rose Hill, Kansas. Her mother, Debbie, is a recovering alcoholic who has been sober since the outbreak of the Red Flu.

After graduating from high school, Kara joined the Navy. By 2014, she was serving as an officer in the Combat Information Center on the USS Nathan James (DDG-151). During the ship's mission to the Arctic, she began dating and fell in love with LT Danny Green (Travis Van Winkle, the leader of the Naval Mountain Warfare Unit deployed on the James. In "Trials", Kara learns that she's pregnant, and that her child will be born immune to the Red Flu because of its mother's vaccination.

After the death of LCDR Barker at the hands of Amy Granderson's (Alfre Woodard) rogue Maryland State Troopers, Kara is made Tactical Actions Officer of the Nathan James and is given special dispensation by the captain to remain at sea, despite regulations stating that all pregnant officers and sailors be reassigned to shore duty.

In "A More Perfect Union", Danny proposes to Kara and by "The Scott Effect", they are married and Kara has given birth to a son, Frankie Green. In addition to being a new wife and mother, Kara has left active duty and works for Captain Chandler and the Michener Administration as a Deputy Chief of Staff for military (specifically naval) matters.

Awards and decorations

The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by the former LT Foster.

Alisha Granderson

Lieutenant Alisha Granderson is a junior officer on the USS Nathan James (DDG-151), originally serving as an officer of the deck. As the series progresses, she is given more responsibility and trust by the senior staff, culminating in a temporary appointment as executive officer of the Nathan James while CDR Garnett (Fay Masterson) is MIA. She is portrayed by Christina Elmore.

Her mother, Amy Granderson (Alfre Woodard), was the vice-chair of the President's Defense Policy Board at the time of the Red Flu outbreak, and was believed to be the highest-ranking member of the White House to survive the immediate pandemic. After her genocide in Baltimore is stopped by CDR Chandler and the Nathan James retaken from her rogue Maryland State Police Troopers, Amy committed suicide rather than surrender, leaving Alisha devastated.

Tex Nolan

Ken "Tex" Nolan is a private security contractor who met the crew of the USS Nathan James (DDG-151) at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. After working with him to diffuse an enemy threat at the base, Commander Tom Chandler invited him to join them on their mission to create a vaccine for the virus. Before joining the private sector, Tex served in the United States Army Special Forces. He is portrayed by John Pyper-Ferguson.

In "A More Perfect Union", Tex departs the ship to search for his ex-wife and daughter, last seen in Jackson, Mississippi. He locates the place they were staying and finds out that his wife was killed by looters but his daughter, Kathleen (Jade Chynoweth) survived and is heading for where the Nathan James is spreading the cure. Tex goes after her, learning from an infected man (who he cures) that the Immunes are planning on exposing innocent people to the virus to destroy the people's trust in the Navy. Tex reunites with his daughter and teams up with a team from the Nathan James in Memphis, Tennessee to stop the Immunes. He succeeds, and in St. Louis introduces Dr. Scott to his daughter while helping pass around the cure.

After the death of Dr. Scott, Tex and his daughter found work with Roberta Price (Lucy Butler), the regional leader of the Deep South. However, when he learned that the private security contractors he was training were being used by Price as her own personal private army, he tried to leave and was captured . He escaped from Price's custody, and he and Kathleen eventually made their way to Kara Green and Jacob Scott, and helped them extract President Oliver (John Cothran) from the Chief of Staff, Allison Shaw (Elisabeth Röhm), and the other regional leaders who wanted him to dissolve the country.

Now with President Oliver, Kara, and Kathleen, Tex is declared a fugitive by Shaw and the leaders as they make their way to San Diego to rendezvous with the Nathan James, which was coming back from Asia. Together, they took down Manuel Castillo, California's regional leader.

After CAPT Chandler's children were kidnapped by Shaw, Tex went in as backup for the hostage swap and subsequently killed her guards; however, he lost his own life in the process, leaving behind a grief-stricken daughter.

Wolf Taylor

Senior Chief Petty Officer Wolf Taylor is a member of the Royal Australian Navy's CDT 3 (Special Forces) who joined the team along with Ravit Bivas aboard the USS Nathan James (DDG-151) under the command of Commander Tom Chandler after the ship landed in Norfolk, Virginia. He is portrayed by Bren Foster.

Andrea Garnett

Commander Andrea Garnett is the former chief engineer and current executive officer of the USS Nathan James (DDG-151). She is portrayed by Fay Masterson.

Awards and decorations

The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by CDR Garnett.

CDR Garnett received the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart for her actions during the Red Flu crisis.

Rios

Chief Hospital Corpsman Rios is the independent duty corpsman assigned to the USS Nathan James (DDG-151). In Season 3, he is promoted to Ensign in the US Navy Medical Corps and made Chief Medical Officer of the Nathan James. He is portrayed by Maximiliano Hernández.

Awards and decorations

The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by ENS Rios.

ENS Rios received the Bronze Star for his actions during the Red Flu crisis.

Others

US government

Jeffrey Michener

President Jeffrey "Jeff" Michener (died 2016) was the former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Immune to the Red Flu, Michener is the sole surviving member of the Cabinet of the United States, which makes him next in the Presidential line of succession. In "A More Perfect Union", he was officially sworn in as President of the United States in St. Louis, Missouri, by a surviving judge. He is portrayed by Mark Moses.

Biography

Prior to the outbreak of the Red Flu, Michener served as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. When the outbreak began, the president sent Michener to Tallahassee, Florida to set up a safe zone in Doak Campbell Stadium. During this time, he had his son flown in from Michigan to be with the family. Unbeknownst to Michener, his son had contracted the virus while in Michigan, thus creating an outbreak of the virus in the stadium. After his son's death, his wife begged him to smother their two daughters before the virus fully incapacitated them. Michener obliged.

After the death of his family, Michener wandered around Florida trying to expose himself to sick people in the hopes of catching a different strand of the virus. Eventually, he ran into a group of Immunes who took him into their group. It was around this time that he was introduced to the Ramsey brothers, who planned to use him as a political puppet in order to gain control of the United States. Michener was rescued in "Alone and Unafraid" by CDR Chandler, LT Burk, and Lt. Bivas inside the Ramsey's compound in Florida.

While on board the Nathan James and suffering from survivor's guilt, Michener slit his wrists in a suicide attempt. After being freed from the Ramseys' brainwashing, Michener became a staunch ally and supporter of the Nathan James and its crew, helping the American public gain back the trust the ship needed in order to spread the cure.

After the defeat of the Immunes and the successful creation of the "contagious cure" by Dr. Rachel Scott, Michener is sworn in as President of the United States by a surviving judge in St. Louis. One of Michener's first official acts as President is to issue pardons to the Immunes who got swept up in the Ramsey brothers' campaign, as well as to Dr. Scott, who intentionally killed Niels Sørensen in order to create the contagious cure; he also promoted CDR Chandler to Chief of Naval Operations while the Nathan James is in drydock.

Over the next few months, President Michener set up a new federal government based out of the Old Courthouse in St. Louis, which he named the new capital of the United States. He appointed St. Louis Mayor Howard Oliver (John Cothran) as his Vice President, Allison Shaw (Elisabeth Röhm) as his Chief of Staff, and Alex Rivera (Nestor Serrano) as his Secretary of Foreign Affairs; CAPT Chandler, as Chief of Naval Operations, also served as Michener's de facto military commander in lieu of an official Secretary of Defense.

In the episode "In the Dark," reporter Jacob Barnes reveals to the public that President Michener flew his infected son to his safe zone in Florida against protocols that resulted in an outbreak there. Consumed by grief and humiliation, he commits suicide in his hotel room and is found by Kara Green and two Secret Service agents. However, it was later revealed that President Michener was actually murdered as part of a planned coup d'état orchestrated by the regional leaders and his Chief of Staff, Allison Shaw.

Howard Oliver

The former Mayor of St. Louis, Howard Oliver served as President Jeffrey Michener's Vice President of the United States. Upon Michener's death, Oliver was sworn in as President. He is portrayed by John Cothran.

Allison Shaw

Allison Shaw is the former White House Chief of Staff, serving under President Michener and President Oliver. It is implied in the episode "Sea Change" that she was in a secret relationship with President Michener. Shaw reveals that she is the leader of the coup d'état against President Oliver in the episode "Paradise". As a component of the coup d'état, Shaw and four of the five regional leaders authorized the murders of Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alex Rivera and the fifth regional leader, Senator William Beatty. Shaw also authorized the murder of President Michener in the episode "In The Dark," with her Secret Service agents staging the scene to make it look like a suicide. Shaw is shot and killed by CAPT Chandler during a moment of rage in the Season 3 finale "Don't Look Back" after he learns that she had his father killed, his children kidnapped, and the death of Tex at the hands of her men.

Alex Rivera

Alex Rivera was the United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs under President Michener and briefly under President Oliver. Rivera and Senator William Beatty were shot and killed by order of Allison Shaw and the four remaining regional leaders in the Season 3 episode "Paradise."

Others

Antagonists

Konstantin Ruskov

Admiral Konstantin Nikolajewitsch Ruskov (Russian: Константин Николaевич Русков) was an officer in the Russian Navy before the virus spread. He was the Commanding Officer of the RFS Vyerni, a Kirov-class battlecruiser, which was also out at sea when the virus spread, and was the last existing ship of the Russian Navy. He died when the USS Nathan James (DDG-151) sunk his ship. He was portrayed by Ravil Isyanov.

Niels Sørensen

Amy Granderson

Sean Ramsey

Ned Ramsey

Peng Wu

The former Minister of State Security for China, Peng Wu (Chinese: 鹏 吴) becomes the President of the People's Republic of China after the crew of the USS Nathan James (DDG-151) created and spread the cure for the Red Flu. Peng was the only survivor of the Chinese government, and it is rumored that he survived because he killed the rest of the Chinese leadership in the bunker they were sequestered in. He was killed by Takahaya while attempting to destroy the Japanese National Archives. He is portrayed by Fernando Chien.

Kaito Takahaya

Kaito Takahaya (Japanese: タカハヤ 怪盗) is a former Captain in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force who became a pirate after the Red Flu outbreak. He and his group took members of the USS Nathan James (DDG-151) prisoner when his people begin to die after being administered the cure by US soldiers. He is captured by the Nathan James during their rescue of the POWs, and CAPT Slattery is able to turn him into an ally against Chinese President Peng, once it is revealed that Peng was behind inoculating the Japanese people against the cure in an attempt at genocide. After his son was inoculated, he aids the James in bringing him to justice at the end of a katana. He and his wife stay behind at the Japanese National Archive to rebuild as the disease kills them, saying their people will raise their child. He is portrayed by Hiroyuki Sanada.

Lau Hu

Civilians

Jed Chandler

Tom Chandler's Army veteran father who is seen in flashbacks and in the present. He and the family were holed up in the family cabin in Virginia and infected with the virus. He is later injected with the vaccine by his son, and now resides in the vaccinated city of Norfolk. In "Safe Zone", CDR Chandler mentions that his father is 68 years old and that he has a heart condition. In "Don't Look Back", Jed is killed by Allison Shaw's (Elisabeth Röhm) people during the kidnapping of his grandchildren in an effort to blackmail CAPT Chandler. He is portrayed by Bill Smitrovich.

Darien Chandler

Tom's wife who is seen in flashbacks and in the present. She and the family were holed up in the family cabin in Virginia and infected with the virus. She dies from the virus before CDR Chandler can save her. She is portrayed by Tracy Middendorf.

Ashley & Sam Chandler

Tom's children who are seen in flashbacks and in the present. They and the family were holed up in the family cabin in Virginia and infected with the virus. They are later injected with the vaccine by their father, and now reside in the vaccinated city of Norfolk with their grandfather. Ashley is portrayed by Grace Kaufman, and Sam by Aidan Sussman.

Kelly & Ava Tophet

Quincy Tophet's wife and daughter who are living in captivity on the Russian vessel RFS Vyerni. They are later rescued by the Nathan James, and departed the ship at Norfolk, where they now reside with the Chandler family. Kelly is portrayed by Alice Coulthard and Ava is portrayed by Jade Pettyjohn.