USS Robert Smalls (CG-62) is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser built during the Cold War for the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1989, the warship was originally named USS Chancellorsville for the American Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville.

March 1, USS Chancellorsville officially changed its name to USS Robert Smalls, to honor the enslaved man who stole a Confederate ship CSS Planter on May 13, 1862, rescuing his family and some other slaves along with a military cargo and handed the ship to the Union forces.

USS ROBERT SMALLS is the 16 th TICONDEROGA - class guided missile cruiser. Commissioned in 1989, the ship served as USS CHANCELLORSVILLE for more than 33 years.

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Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced today that the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser formerly named USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) will be renamed USS Robert Smalls (CG 62). This renaming honors Robert Smalls, a skilled sailor and statesman born into slavery in South Carolina.

USS Robert Smalls (CG-62) is a Ticonderoga -class guided-missile cruiser built during the Cold War for the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1989, the warship was originally named USS Chancellorsville for the American Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville.

From Slave to Statesman Robert Smalls, born into slavery, was catapulted to fame in both North and South after he and a small crew of slaves sailed the Planter from a wharf in Charleston, past the guns of Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie to the Union blockade.

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Robert Smalls (1839-1915) Brief Biography 1 by Myisha Eatmon Robert Smalls was born into slavery on April 5, 1839, in Beaufort, South Carolina, to Lydia Polite, an enslaved woman, and possibly John McKee, her enslaver. 2 The McKee family held Smalls and his mother in bondage.