List of United States Navy ships commemorating the Confederate States of America
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 fall under this category – USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) and USNS Maury (T-AGS-66).
With the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 in January 2021, the Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America has been 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] which may result in the ship's eventual renaming.[2]
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| Namesake | Currently Commissioned / in service | Formerly Commissioned | Remarks |
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| John Mercer Brooke (Confederate marine engineer) | USS Brooke (FFG-1) (guided-missile frigate) | ||
| Franklin Buchanan (Confederate admiral) | USS Buchanan (DD-131) (destroyer) USS Buchanan (DD-484) (destroyer) USS Buchanan (DDG-14) (guided-missile destroyer) |
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| Battle of Chancellorsville (Confederate victory) | USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) (guided-missile cruiser) | To be decommissioned 2026 | |
| George E. Dixon (Confederate submarine commander) | USS Dixon (AS-37) (submarine tender) | ||
| Horace Lawson Hunley (Confederate marine engineer) | USS Hunley (AS-31) (submarine tender) | ||
| Duncan Ingraham (Confederate naval officer) | USS Ingraham (DD-111) (destroyer) USS Ingraham (DD-444) (destroyer) USS Ingraham (DD-694) (destroyer) USS Ingraham (FFG-61) (guided-missile frigate) |
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| William Francis Lynch (Confederate naval officer) | USNS Lynch (T-AGOR-7) (oceanographic research ship) | ||
| Matthew Fontaine Maury (Confederate naval officer and oceanographer) | USNS Maury (T-AGS-66) (survey ship) | USS Commodore Maury (SP-656) (auxiliary ship) USS Maury (DD-100) (destroyer) USS Maury (DD-401) (destroyer) USS Maury (AGS-16) (survey ship) USNS Maury (T-AGS-39) (survey ship) |
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| Richard Lucian Page (Confederate naval officer) | USS Richard L. Page (FFG-5) (guided-missile frigate) | ||
| Robert E. Lee (Confederate general) | USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) (ballistic missile submarine) | ||
| Raphael Semmes (Confederate naval officer) | USS Semmes (DD-189) (destroyer) USS Semmes (DDG-18) (guided-missile destroyer) |
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| Stonewall Jackson (Confederate general) | USS Stonewall (1863) (tender, blockade runner)[3] (tanker)[4] USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) (ballistic missile submarine) |
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| Josiah Tattnall III (Confederate naval officer) | USS Tattnall (DD-125) (destroyer) USS Tattnall (DDG-19) (guided-missile destroyer) |
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| James Iredell Waddell (Confederate naval officer) | USS Waddell (DDG-24) (guided-missile destroyer) |
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Stonewall". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command.
- ^ "Stonewall II (IX-185)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command.
References[]
- NavyTimes: Meet the Navy ships named in honor of the Confederacy
- Naval Vessel Register online at www.nvr.navy.mil.
- Lists of ships of the United States