Formerly named for a Confederate oceanographer and naval officer, the hall was one of two buildings and a street on the Yard recommended to be renamed by a federal task force last year.
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro renamed the Naval Academy building, formerly named after a member of the Confederacy, after the only U.S. president to attend the institution. Maury Hall, which was named after Matthew Fontaine Maury, considered the father of naval oceanography who joined the Confederacy, will now be known as Carter Hall, […]
Formerly named for a Confederate oceanographer and naval officer, the hall was one of two buildings and a street on the Yard recommended to be renamed by a federal task force last year.