Uriah P. Levy - Legacy and Honors

Legacy and Honors

• Commodore Levy Chapel, the Jewish Chapel at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, and the Commodore Uriah P. Levy Center and Jewish Chapel at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland are named in his honor.
• 1988, listed in the Jewish-American Hall of Fame
• 1959, the Jewish Chapel at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia was renamed the "Commodore Levy Chapel" in Levy's honor.
• 2001, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation published The Levy Family and Monticello 1834-1923, a history of the Levy family's nearly century-long contributions in saving Monticello.
• 2005, the Commodore Uriah P. Levy Center and Jewish Chapel opened at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, which is named in his honor.
• The Cannon class destroyer escort, the Levy (DE-162) was named in his honor. At the conclusion of World War II, the Levy hosted the surrender ceremonies of the Japanese Navy.
• 2011 A statue of Uriah P. Levy by the Russian sculptor Gregory Pototsky was dedicated on December 16, 2011, outside Mikveh Israel Synagogue on Independence Mall in Center City Philadelphia. The statue pedestal was designed by John Giungo.