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  • Navy renames ship over ties to Confederate officer [USNS Maury]

    03/11/2023 4:34:45 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 22 replies
    Fox News ^ | March 11, 2023 1:10pm EST | Timothy H.J. Nerozzi
    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, which was named after Matthew Fontaine Maury. Maury is considered by many to be one of the foremost pioneers of oceanography in history. He was a decorated U.S. naval officer for decades until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he refused to fight against his home state and joined the Confederacy. The USNS Maury will be renamed in honor of Marie Tharp, a 20th century cartographer and oceanographer...