{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Preble Hall","title":"Remembering Admiral Sam Gravely","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/60872f8a\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2469,"description":"This episode is for the Naval History and Heritage Command's anchor dates. \n\nSamuel Lee Gravely Jr. was a United States Navy officer. He was the first African American in the U.S. Navy to serve aboard a fighting ship as an officer, the first to command a Navy ship, the first fleet commander, and the first to become a flag officer, retiring as a vice admiral.  \n\nIn this episode, CMC Richard Curtis, USN (Ret), recalls what it was like to serve on the USS Falgout under Gravely's first command.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/wkFX0lHdLEl6lzDpyYSywLzNcdUgC4uAWfxs0_eO2DQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81OWVl/MmM1NjVlYTc4MmJl/ZWY2YjgzMWY4NmVm/NGQ5Yy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}