List of United States Navy ships commemorating the Confederate States of America information
The table below is a list of United States Navy ships named after persons and places commemorating the Confederate States of America. The US Navy has named at least 26 ships after persons, who fought voluntarily with the Confederacy against the United States of America or after a victorious battle for the Confederacy. Currently two active ships exist which fell under this category – USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) and USNS Maury (T-AGS-66) – until their renaming in March 2023.
With the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 in January 2021, the Naming Commission was tasked by Congress to develop plans to "remove all names, symbols, displays, monuments, and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America from all assets of the Department of Defense."[1][2] In September 2022 the Naming Commission recommended to rename the cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) and oceanographic survey ship USNS Maury (T-AGS-66), with the new names to be decided by the Secretary of the Navy.[3] In March 2023 Chancellorsville was renamed USS Robert Smalls (CG-62) and Maury was renamed USNS Marie Tharp (T-AGS-66), removing all remaining ship names which commemorated the Confederate States of America.
^"H.R.6395 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021". United States Congress. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
^Kheel, Rebecca (January 8, 2021). "Pentagon appoints commissioners to scrub Confederate base names". The Hill.
^"UPDATED: Commission Recommends Renaming Two Navy Ships with Confederate Ties". USNI News. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
and 26 Related for: List of United States Navy ships commemorating the Confederate States of America information
Confederate monuments and memorials in theUnitedStates include public displays and symbols oftheConfederateStatesofAmerica (CSA), Confederate leaders...
The Constitution oftheUnitedStates is the supreme law oftheUnitedStates. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution...
warship built for theUnitedStatesNavy during theAmerican Civil War and completed in early 1862, the first such ship commissioned by theNavy. Monitor played...
act of Congress with theUnitedStates Life-Saving Service to form theUnitedStates Coast Guard. Immediately after theAmerican Revolutionary War the new...
historic areas in theUnitedStates. Listof areas in theUnitedStates National Park System Listof national monuments oftheUnitedStates Presidential memorials...
been Jewish communities in theUnitedStates since colonial times, with individuals living in various cities before theAmerican Revolution. Early Jewish...
The history oftheUnitedStates Marine Corps (USMC) begins with the founding ofthe Continental Marines on 10 November 1775 to conduct ship-to-ship fighting...
The history of Chinese Americans or the history of ethnic Chinese in theUnitedStates includes three major waves of Chinese immigration to the United...
Some Americansof Italian descent from the Southern states fought in theConfederate Army, such as General William B. Taliaferro (of English-American and...
Thelistof acts ofthe 115th UnitedStates Congress includes all Acts of Congress and ratified treaties by the 115th UnitedStates Congress, which began...
Global Information