“When Secretary Austin directed us to implement the suggestions of the Naming Fee, he instructed us to offer proud new names – names that echo with honor, patriotism, and historical past; names that can encourage generations of service members to defend our democracy and our Structure.” stated Secretary Del Toro.
One of many first belongings renamed was Maury Corridor, an instructional constructing at the US Naval Academy, which was named after Matthew Fontaine Maury, thought of the daddy of naval oceanography who joined the Confederacy.
In February 2023, Secretary Del Toro renamed the constructing Carter Corridor, after former President Jimmy Carter, who graduated from the Naval Academy in 1946, and who was the one president to attend the service academy.
Along with Carter Corridor, different installations and platforms renamed included:
House of the U.S. Naval Academy’s superintendent, Buchanan Home was renamed Farragut Home to honor Union Navy Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, a Civil Battle hero who turned the primary American naval officer to be appointed to the rank of rear admiral in 1862.
Maury Oceanographic Library was renamed to Dr. Walter H. Munk Oceanographic Library at Stennis House Heart. Dr. Munk was an American bodily oceanographer, who was one of many first scientists to deliver statistical strategies to the evaluation of oceanographic information. His work received awards together with the Nationwide Medal of Science, the Kyoto Prize, and induction to the French Legion of Honor.
Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville was renamed to USS Robert Smalls (CG 62). Robert Smalls was born into slavery in South Carolina. A talented sailor and was an professional navigator of southern coasts, Smalls was conscripted in 1862 to function pilot of the Accomplice steamer Planter at Charleston. He executed a daring escape out of the closely fortified Charleston harbor together with his household, different enslaved folks, and useful army cargo onboard, and efficiently surrendered Planter to the U.S. Navy.
Pathfinder-class Oceanographic Survey ship USNS Maury was renamed USNS Marie Tharp (T-AGS 66). This renaming honors Marie Tharp, a pioneering geologist and oceanographic cartographer who created the primary scientific maps of the Atlantic Ocean ground and formed our understanding of plate tectonics and continental drift.
Along with platforms and constructing, the Division of the Navy renamed 14 streets throughout a number of naval installations.
