to wonder if it had anything to do with a Merchant Ship????

Most of my searches just turned up a lot of obituaries

But I did find this little blurb about a ship changing its name to Great Provider...then I tried to look in the book, but the print was too tiny...

Merchant Vessels of the United States: Supplementhttps://books.google.com › books
United States. Coast Guard
MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT TO MERCHANT VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES ... LA CHANGES - 70357 VESSEL NAME CHANGED TO - GREAT PROVIDER I ...