Rear Adm. Victor Guillory, Mrs. Alma Gravely, family members and Prince William County Public School officials break ground for the Admiral Samuel L. Sunday, February 16, 2025 SUBSCRIBE ...

Fifty years ago Tuesday, Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr., a former seaman apprentice out of Richmond who had already been the Navy's first Black commander and captain, became its first Black rear admiral.

Admiral Gravely Boulevard in east Richmond connects a Fulton neighborhood with two roads that capture the life of the Navy pioneer. The busy road on one end is Williamsburg, symbolizing that ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Admiral Samuel Gravely, Jr. was honored Wednesday, June 2, 2021, on the 50th anniversary of his promotion to admiral. "I feel completely honored," Gravely's daughter Tracy said.

When Cmdr. Corey Odom talks to new members of his crew on the destroyer USS Gravely, he likes to highlight something the Navy’s first Black admiral, Samuel Gravely, always stressed. “He… ...

Samuel Lee Gravely Jr., 82, a retired Navy vice admiral who made history by becoming the first African American to command a naval fleet, died Oct. 22 at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda ...

Samuel Gravely Junior’s U.S. Navy career spanned three wars, four decades, and seven seas. ... After 38 years, Admiral Gravely dropped anchor and retired in 1980. Provided to WTVR ...

During The Gravely Experience, students explored the legacy of Vice Admiral Samuel L. Gravely Jr., the first African American to command a U.S. Navy warship.

Samuel Lee Gravely Jr., 82, a retired Navy vice admiral who made history by becoming the first African American to command a naval fleet, died Friday at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda ...