7/25/2005

 

Naval First

On today's date in 1943 America named her first ship after an African American. The SS Leonard Roy Harmon a Destroyer Escort served our country for over the latter years of World War Two as an escort for Third and Seventh Fleets. The ship was named after a mess attendant who died protecting his crew mates onboard the San Francisco.

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