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She was the first black woman to command a ship — the amphibious dock landing ship Rushmore in 1999
http://www.navytimes.com/article/20140630/NEWS/306300039/Howard-receive-history-making-4th-star-Tuesday

...hardly a warship, but that being said, she did graduate from the naval academy which is no easy task.

Liberals are like a "Slinky". Totally useless, but somehow ya can't help but smile when you see one tumble down a flight of stairs!