Honored in Ship Naming
The destroyer USS Simpson (DD-221), commissioned on November 3, 1920, was named for in his honor.
Read more about this topic: Edward Simpson (navy 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)
“No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.... A man in a jail has more room, better food and commonly better company.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“Husband,
who am I to reject the naming of foods
in a time of famine?”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)