The U.S. Navy announced in a memo earlier this month that it will not rename a ship named after a famous American civil rights leader and Navy veteran amid lawmakers’ concerns about a potential change.

In an Aug. 1 memo addressed to Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-Calif., Navy Secretary John Phelan confirmed that the Navy had no plans to rename the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship Cesar Chavez.

“The names of all future vessels and pre-commissioning units in the ship building pipeline will reflect the Commander-in-Chief’s and SECDEF’s priorities, our Nation’s history and the warrior ethos,” the memo read.

The memo comes after Liccardo and Rep. Gil Cisneros, D-Calif., sent a letter — co-signed by 22 of their congressional colleagues — to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on July 15 expressing t

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