The Navy has renamed the USS Chancellorsville, a name honoring a Confederate victory, to the USS Robert Smalls, after an enslaved man who escaped the South by stealing a Confederate steamship.

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The navy is renaming the USS Chancellorsville, a name honoring a Confederate victory. It will now be the USS Robert Smalls, after an enslaved man who escaped the South by stealing a Confederate ship.

The other, a Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship called the U.S.N.S. Maury, was named after Matthew Fontaine Maury, a U.S. Navy commander who resigned in 1861 to join the Confederate Navy ...

The US Navy is renaming two of its vessels as part of the Biden administration’s ongoing efforts to cut ties with Confederate history. The former USNS Maury, an oceanographic survey ship, has ...

The Pentagon said it's done with "political" ship naming. The move follows a number of name changes at US Army bases.

Commissioned in 1989, the ship was named after the 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville, considered to be the greatest victory of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

The Navy will rename the USS Chancellorsville for Robert Smalls, a former slave-turned-sailor known for commandeering a Confederate steamer Check out our latest YouTube videos. Watch here 🎥 ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — A U.S. Navy ship originally named for a Confederate victory will soon be known by the name of a former slave who hijacked a Confederate vessel. The USS ...

Two Navy ships christened with names tied to the Confederacy should be renamed, according to the commission tasked with purging Confederate names from the Department of Defense.

News; Nation/World; Stripping Confederate ties, U.S. Navy renames two vessels March 11, 2023 Updated Sat., March 11, 2023 at 8:39 p.m. Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville ...