USNS Harriet Tubman... A Worthy Name

[NowISeetheLight]

From Stars and Stripes (excerpts):>

US Navy to christen oiler named in honor of Civil War hero Harriet Tubman

A second U.S. Navy ship will bear the name of a celebrated abolitionist who was the first African American woman to formally serve in the military during the Civil War, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro recently announced.

The future USNS Harriet Tubman follows a tradition of naming John Lewis-class oilers after civil rights activists, Del Toro said in statement Sunday. The first ship to bear Tubman’s name was a Liberty vessel built during World War II, the Navy said.

At least 70 men, women and children escape slavery while conducting them along the Underground Railroad, a network of safe houses and passages that led to freedom.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-09-18/harriet-tubman-navy-oiler-john-lewis-11414002.html

https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3528533/secnav-names-ship-after-american-abolitionist-social-activist-harriet-tubman/

[niyad]

1. Excellent!

[sheshe2]

2. Excellent

[Think. Again.]

6. That is such a BEAUTIFUL mural!

..it's stunning to come around the corner and see it in all it's glory in front of you!

A truly great work.

[sheshe2]

7. I would love to see it in person some day.

Magnificent.

[Think. Again.]

9. I can honestly...

...it's the most moving mural I've ever experienced.

Hidden around the side of a small park, off of a main street. Perfectly crafted, a glorious tribute to one of America's most beautiful souls.

[efhmc]

8. Where is it?

[Think. Again.]

10. In Harriet Tubman's hometown, Cambridge MD.

[NowISeetheLight]

14. Some Day

Some day I plan on visiting New England again. I want to visit the USS Nautilus after having attended sub school in '84. But I also want to visit the Mystic Seaport and USS Massachusetts battleship. I'll be adding this mural to the list of things to see.

[Think. Again.]

15. Just to be clear...

...the mural and the Harriet Tubman museum are in Cambridge Maryland, not Cambridge Massachusetts.

[sheshe2]

11. Here

https://harriettubmanbyway.org/harriet-tubman-museum/

[electric_blue68]

19. Ah, yes, I remember seeing this in a photo. Wonderfully done!

[Hekate]

3. I am so pleased at this news

[struggle4progress]

4. Holly Near · Ronnie Gilbert

[Deuxcents]

5. "Hooyah"

[cbabe]

12. Civil war spy, strategist, freedom fighter

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman

…her role in the raid led to her being widely credited as the first woman to lead U.S. troops in an armed assault.[150]…

[TygrBright]

13. Wow. That's a ship I'd be proud to serve on... n/t

[Hermit-The-Prog]

16. movie Harriet...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4648786/plotsummary/

An epilogue states she personally freed more than 70 slaves on the Underground Railroad and returned as a Union spy during the Civil War, leading 150 colored soldiers, who freed over 750 slaves.

[Demovictory9]

17. Desantis won't want that ship sailing around Florida

[NowISeetheLight]

21. Goodwill Tour

A nice Goodwill Tour of Florida ports, along with Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and South Carolina would be fitting.

[Zorro]

18. Certain to be known as "The Tub"

[carpetbagger]

20. Too bad my dad's gone.

He ran the tanker fleet for MSC in the 80s and 90s. He had a good fleet, great crews and command staff, but not a fleet of the USNS Lewis, Milk, Marshall, Ginsburg and Tubman.