MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Austal USA in Mobile officially christened its first steel ship made for the U.S. Navy, the Future USNS Billy Frank Jr., on Saturday. This event marks a significant milestone not ...
MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA successfully launched the company’s first steel ship, the future USNS Billy Frank Jr. (T-ATS 11), on June 14. Named after a native American Korean War veteran who, as an ...
“It disrupts this idea of Native people as stoic," said Jami Powell, curator of Indigenous art at Hood Museum in New Hampshire. "But also celebrates the important legacy of Billy Frank and all of his ...