The USS Chancellorsville is now called the USS Robert Smalls, the man who stole a Confederate steamer loaded with guns and delivered it to the Union Navy, delivering himself and 16 other crew and ...

The United States Navy has announced another vessel will be renamed in order to cut association with its Confederate namesake. The US Navy will rename the oceanographic survey ship USNS Maury ...

The US Navy is renaming two of its vessels as part of ongoing efforts to cut ties with Confederate history. The former USNS Maury, an oceanographic survey ship, has been re-named in honor of Marie ...

This would colloquially be known as the "rebel flag." The Confederate Navy would also adopt a similar flag, but with a brighter blue. In 1863, the Confederacy would adopt the square battle ...

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 ...

A federal task force formed to examine Confederate symbols on military installations recommended that two buildings and a street on the U.S. Naval Academy campus be renamed. In a report published ...

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