King played a key role in constructing Civil War naval vessels, such as the C.S.S. Jackson and C.S.S. Chattahoochee, parts of which are displayed in the museum. “This is about education ...

The US Navy is renaming two of its vessels as part of ongoing efforts to cut ties with Confederate history. The former USNS Maury, an oceanographic survey ship, has been re-named in honor of Marie ...

The ship had previously been named after Matthew Fontaine Maury, an oceanography pioneer who joined the Confederate navy. (Navy) The Navy announced Wednesday that it was renaming an oceanographic ...

The U.S. Navy has finally shed the last two ship names that honored the Confederacy — and renamed one of them in honor of a man whose life story reads like an action movie hero. The USS ...