Also in WW2 Blacks in the Navy did serve on ships, but as Ships Servicemen: running the galleys, laundry, etc.
We can thank the evil Woodrow Wilson for the segregation that he reinstituted in Federal Service when he was President. He started the socialist policies that Frankie the Limper later built on.
Doris “Doris” Miller , was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions at Pearl Harbor .
Looks like the Navy is going to name an aircraft carrier , CVN-81 , after him ?
I wish the Navy hadn’t gone down the naming carriers after people rabbit hole. Nimitz and Eisenhower I can see, sort of, but not Ford, Bush or Miller .
I do like classic names, Enterprise, Constellation, America . Battles such as Midway , Coral Sea or Bunker Hill are ok. Hornet or Wasp ? Honey Badger !