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:
“When a man has just been greatly honored and has eaten a little he is the most generous.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Nitrates and phosphates for ammunition. The seeds of war. They’re loading a full cargo of death. And when that ship takes it home, the world will die a little more.”
—Earl Felton, and Richard Fleischer. Captain Nemo (James Mason)
“The night is itself sleep
And what goes on in it, the naming of the wind,
Our notes to each other, always repeated, always the same.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)