Naming Commission Still Undecided What to do With Confederate-Named Navy Ships-- Part 2

The two ships under consideration for renaming are the USNS Maury (T-AGS-66) and USS Chancellorsville (CG-62).

The Maury is an oceanographic survey ship named after Matthew  Fontaine Maury, who laid the foundation for modern oceanography and is considered o have written the first  oceanographic textbook.  He resigned form the U.S. Navy and joined the Confederate States Navy.  The Maury was delivered to the U.S. Navy in 2016.

The Chancellorsville is a guided missile cruiser named after the Battle of Chancellorsville which was a Confederate victory in 1863.  Confederate forces there were under the command of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.

The Chancellorsville was commissioned in 1989, and contains minie balls and shell fragments from the battle in its hull.  A painting of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson hangs in the ship's wardroom as of 2016, and will also be considered for Confederadication.

While visiting the U.S. M.A. at West Point, the commission noted a painting of Lee there that showed him in a U.S. uniform while he was superintendent of that institution.  That picture an remain, but any of him in Confederate uniform will have to be removed.

--Old B-Runner