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Article: MAKING WAVES In The New Navy.(African American naval officers)(Brief Article)
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- Ebony
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- September 1, 1999
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17 Blacks command sophisticated ships
ONLY two generations ago, in 1961, Lieutenant Commander Samuel L. Gravely Jr. became the first Black to assume command of a regular U.S. Navy warship. Since then, Black admirals, including Gravely, who later became the first Black admiral, have commanded whole fleets of ships, and today, 38 years later; at least 17 Blacks, including one woman, command multimillion-dollar Navy vessels.
Some of the commanders report to Vice Admiral Edward Moore Jr., who commands the Naval Surface Forces and supervises, from his San Diego headquarters, 84 naval ships located throughout the world. Vice Admiral Moore, who is the son of a ...