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Confederate’s name removed from Navy survey ship
The ship will be renamed to honor Marie Tharp, an oceanography pioneer.
Navy removes Confederate name from Naval Academy building
The former Maury Hall has been renamed Carter Hall, after former midshipman and President Jimmy Carter.
Naval Academy board chair calls to remove Confederate names from buildings
The names of two members of the Confederacy should be removed from buildings at the U.S. Naval Academy, the chairman of the academy’s Board of Visitors said Thursday.
The quest to recover one Vietnam-era Air Force pilot lost in Lake Huron crash
On June 13, 1966, U.S. Air Force Maj. William J. Vinopal climbed into his Convair F-106A Delta Dart, a single-seat, flight interceptor aircraft, for a routine training mission over the lake. It would turn out to be his last flight. Now, over 50 years later, a group of veterans is on a mission to locate the wreckage and recover Vinopal’s remains.
By Dylan Gresik
Park honors Union admiral, a first for this southern city
When Virginia seceded from the Union, his loyalty to the United States led him to flee north and continue to serve with the Union Navy — a "betrayal" that residents of this southern city didn't forget.
By Ryan Murphy, The Virginian-Pilot