The US Naval Academy’s Maury Hall has been renamed Carter Hall in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who served in the Navy before entering politics. The decision was made as part of the Naming Commission’s recommendation to rename military assets with Confederate ties. During a renaming ceremony, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro said the new names should inspire generations of service members to defend democracy and the Constitution. Carter is the only Naval Academy graduate to have served as president of the US. Maury Hall, named after Confederate Navy officer Matthew Fontaine Maury, was built in the early 1900s.
US Navy Visits ROK Shipbuilders
Rear Adm. Anderson of the U.S. Navy visited shipbuilders in the Republic of Korea and praised their work. He will lead an international shipbuilding panel at the upcoming Sea-Air-Space Navy League Maritime Exposition on April 3, 2023. The panel includes representatives from shipbuilding organizations in Denmark, the UK, and the US. PEO Ships, one of the Defense Department’s largest acquisition organizations, is responsible for procuring all types of ships for the U.S. Navy.