(2023) USS Chancellorsville to be Renamed After Former Slave Who Captured Confederate Ship (Remember, it's OK when Democrats do it)

USNI News ^ | 02/27/2023 | Sam Lagrone

[Drew68]

A guided-missile cruiser that was named after a Confederate Civil War victory will be renamed in honor of a former slave who stole a Confederate States Navy ship in South Carolina and delivered it to the Union, the Navy announced in a late Monday statement.

USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) will be renamed after Robert Smalls, a former slave who was conscripted into Confederate service in 1862. The skilled navigator stole the steamer CSS Planter and escaped from Charleston on May 13, 1862, with his family, rescuing enslaved people and capturing military material. He turned the ship over to the U.S. Navy.

[Drew68]

Maybe. But this isn’t a hill to die on. It would have best been left alone.

I disagree. Naming a ship after Harvey Milk was a disgrace and a stain on the Navy. Pete Hegseth is fixing this.

As I posted on the other thread, if it was so important for the Navy to honor a gay sailor, what not the USNS Rock Hudson?

He served honorably, wasn't a pederast, and kept his private life private. Then again, Hudson was a Republican so this wasn't going to happen.

[Verginius Rufus]

They announced it late yesterday, just in time to put a damper on celebrations honoring Jefferson Davis’ birthday today.

[Verginius Rufus]

Oops. Looks like the change took place in 2023.

Today is also the anniversary of when Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie bridge, according to the "Ode to Billy Joe": "It was the third of June, a sleepy, dusty delta day..."

[chrisinoc]

According to news reports, the USS Robert Smalls may be decommissioned next years. It will be 37 years old by that time.

[jeffersondem]

Changing the name of the Navy ship Chancellorsville dishonors the memory of the Confederates that fought there - and also dishonors the memory of the U.S. soldiers who fought and died there.

When you are woke the only thing that matters is destroying American history - and America itself.

[DiogenesLamp]

USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) will be renamed after Robert Smalls, a former slave who was conscripted into Confederate service in 1862. The skilled navigator stole the steamer CSS Planter and escaped from Charleston on May 13, 1862, with his family, rescuing enslaved people and capturing military material. He turned the ship over to the U.S. Navy.

They make it sound Heroic. This guy was given control of the ship by it's owner who trusted him. What he did was backstab the guy who trusted him. Nothing heroic about it.

He did nothing daring to get control of the ship. He simply betrayed a trust.

One would have thought they could have come up with a better example for renaming a ship than this.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

I think the Smalls story would make a fantastic movie.