Honored in Ship Naming
The USNS Silas Bent (T-AGS-26), an oceanographic survey ship, was named in his honor in March 1964.
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Famous quotes containing the words honored, ship and/or naming:
“When a man has just been greatly honored and has eaten a little he is the most generous.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Small pity for him!—He sailed away
From a leaking ship in Chaleur Bay,—”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
“Husband,
who am I to reject the naming of foods
in a time of famine?”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)