Navy Removes Name of Oceanographic Pioneer From Ship Over Confederate Ties

The U.S. Navy It was announced this week that it would rename a ship named in honor of oceanographic pioneer Matthew Fontaine Maury, due to Maury’s close ties with the Confederacy in the latter years of his life. 

Maury, Known As the “Pathfinder of the Seas,” A Navy officer, he was also an accomplished oceanographer. He helped to create the idea for a transatlantic Cable. Marie Tharp, an oceanographer and cartographer who lived in 20th-century England, will be the new name of USNS Maury. 

“As the history of our great nation evolves, we must put forth the effort to recognize figures who positively influenced our society,” Carlos Del Toro, Navy Secretary . “This renaming honors just one of the many historic women who have made a significant impact on not only our Navy, but our nation.”

As part of a congressionally mandated committee that recommended removing any names or entities from military property associated with the Confederacy, the oceanographic survey ship was renamed. Included The Confederate Memorial, an historic monument, is surrounded at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia by the graves and remains of Confederate soldiers. 

Maury was born in Virginia, 1806; his family later moved to Tennessee. He joined the U.S. Navy at age 25. He was on the first Navy ship that circumnavigated the globe, and he published a book about navigation when he turned 30. 

Maury was unable to sail after a serious injury. He became involved in charting the sea for the Navy. Before becoming the U.S.’s leader, he was appointed to the Navy’s Depot of Charts and Instruments. Naval Observatory, 1844-1861 

His ability to navigate was impressive and sailors were able cut nearly 50 days travel time between New York City and San Francisco by his skills. His books were influential in the field of oceanography. Inclusion “The Physical Geography of the Sea,” “Sailing Directions,” Both were published originally in 1855. 

When you are Civil War When war broke out, he sided with the Confederacy because he was from Virginia. He tried to make an electric torpedo, and he went to England to be a Confederate agent. He spent a brief time working with Mexico’s Emperor to determine if they could create a Confederate Colony. After that, he was appointed a meteorology professor at the Virginia Military Institute. 

In 2020, a monument to Maury, who was killed in 1873, was also taken down from Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia. 

A missile-guided cruiser, a Navy ship, was renamed recently after the Civil War battle at Chancellorsville. The Navy named the ship in honor of Robert Smalls (a former slave who commanded a Confederate vessel during World War II), according to Navy.

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