Navy Navy renames ship over ties to Confederate officer Matthew Fontaine Maury was an oceanography pioneer who served with the US Navy for decades until the Civil War, when he joined the Confederacy ...

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 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.

The Navy will rename a warship that was originally named in honor of a Confederate battlefield victory in the Civil War, the service announced Monday. Changing the name of the guided-missile ...

While the vessel was the only Navy ship named after a Confederate military officer, a building at the U.S. Naval Academy was also named after Maury.

The Navy announced Feb. 27 it is changing the name of the warship in commemoration of Smalls’ service, making the decision following recommendations from the Congressional Naming Commission.

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.