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Orleans Parish Places & Things Named forPoliticians

Cohen College PrepHighSchool, in New Orleans, is named forWalterL. Cohen.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Abraham Baldwin (built 1941 at New Orleans;scuttled 1976 as an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico) was namedforAbrahamBaldwin.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Aedanus Burke (built 1943 at New Orleans; scrapped1964) was named forAedanusBurke.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Albert G. Brown (built 1943 at New Orleans;scrapped 1960) was named forAlbertG. Brown.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Alexander W. Doniphan (built 1944 at New Orleans;scrapped 1964) was named forAlexanderWilliam Doniphan.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Alexander White (built 1942 at New Orleans;scrapped 1964) was named forAlexanderWhite.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Philander C. Knox (built 1943 at New Orleans;scrapped 1961) was named forPhilanderC. Knox.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Martin Behrman (built 1944 at New Orleans;scrapped 1965) was named forMartinBehrman.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Sam Dale (built 1944 at New Orleans; scrapped1973) was named forSamDale.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Harry Toulmin (built 1944 at New Orleans; launchedas the USS Segnius; sold 1947; scrapped 1967) was originally namedforHarryToulmin.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John M. Parker (built 1944 at New Orleans;scrapped 1958) was named forJohnM. Parker.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Vining (built 1942 at New Orleans; scrapped1960) was named forJohnVining.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry S. Foote (built 1943 at New Orleans;scrapped 1960) was named forHenryS. Foote.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Sharp Williams (built 1943 at New Orleans;scrapped 1961) was named forJohnSharp Williams.    The World War IILibertyshipSS George Poindexter (built 1943 at New Orleans;scrapped 1967) was named forGeorgePoindexter.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Jacob Thompson (built 1943 at New Orleans;scrapped 1968) was named forJacobThompson.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry L. Ellsworth (built 1943 at New Orleans;scrapped 1968) was named forHenryL. Ellsworth.    The World War IILibertyshipSS J. C. W. Beckham (built 1943 at New Orleans;scrapped 1968) was named forJ.C. W. Beckham.    The World War IILibertyshipSS George Gale (built 1942 at New Orleans; scrapped1970) was named forGeorgeGale.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James McHenry (built 1943 at New Orleans; scrapped1970) was named forJamesMcHenry.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James B. Aswell (built 1943-44 at New Orleans;scrapped 1971) was named forJamesB. Aswell.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Jacques Phillippe Villere (built 1944 at NewOrleans; redesignated asUSS Basilan; scrapped 1972) wasoriginally named forJacquesPhilippe Villere.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John A. Quitman (built 1943 at New Orleans;scrapped 1973) was named forJohnA. Quitman.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Wynkoop (built 1942 at New Orleans; scrapped1958) was named forHenryWynkoop.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Thomas Fitzsimons (built 1943 at New Orleans;scrapped 1964) was named forThomasFitzSimons.    The World War IILibertyshipSS F. T. Frelinghuysen (built 1943 at New Orleans;scrapped 1960) was named forFrederickT. Frelinghuysen.    The World War IILibertyshipSS William B. Giles (built 1942 at New Orleans; soldto private owners 1947 scrapped 1968) was named forWilliamB. Giles.

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