Honored in Ship Naming
The USNS Silas Bent (T-AGS-26), an oceanographic survey ship, was named in his honor in March 1964.
Read more about this topic: Silas Bent (naval Officer)
Famous quotes containing the words honored, ship and/or naming:
“The soul is no longer honored as it once was, but it still keeps appetite from being the measure of all things.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“What do we plant when we plant the tree?
We plant the ship that will cross the sea,
We plant the mast to carry the sails,
We plant the planks to withstand the gales—
The keel, the keelson, and beam and knee—
We plant the ship when we plant the tree.”
—Henry Abbey (1842–1911)
“Husband,
who am I to reject the naming of foods
in a time of famine?”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)