Editing Amelia Earhart (section)

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In 1942, a United States Liberty ship named {{SS|Amelia Earhart}} was launched; it was wrecked in 1948.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} ''[[USNS Amelia Earhart]]'' was named in her honor in May 2007.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

In 1964, [[Purdue University]] opened [[Earhart Hall]] in honor of her legacy and contribution to the university during her time as a career counselor for female students and technical advisor for the aeronautics department. In 2009, Purdue erected a bronze statue of Earhart holding a propeller in front of the residence hall named after her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.purdue.edu/uns/x/2009a/090415BlackwelderEarhart.html|title=Purdue unveils Amelia Earhart sculpture|date=April 16, 2009}}</ref> The university board recently approved plans to name the new Purdue University Airport terminal the Amelia Earhart Terminal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_a576afd8-c39d-11ee-a0cd-df29af0c15e1.html|title=Earhart's Purdue legacy resurfaces|date=February 4, 2024}}</ref>

[[File:Amelia Earhart, 8c airmail, 1963 issue.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|1963 U.S. Airmail Postal stamp honoring Earhart, the first woman to appear on an airmail issue.<ref>{{cite book |last= |first= |editor=Bigalke, Jay |title=Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, 2024 |volume=1A |page=285 |publisher=Amos Media |location=Sydney, Ohio |year=2023 |isbn= |url= |ref=scott2024}}</ref>]]

The Earhart Light, also known as the Amelia Earhart Light, is a navigational [[day beacon]] on Howland Island, where she was due to land before she went missing. It is no longer operational.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19630817&id=wpYzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DOMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6634,3172509 "Earhart beacon shines from lonely island."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201011221/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19630817&id=wpYzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DOMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6634%2C3172509 |date=December 1, 2019 }} ''Eugene Register-Guard,'' August 17, 1963. accessed: March 20, 2012.</ref> [[Amelia Earhart Airport]] in [[Atchison, Kansas]], was named in her honor.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=JMvnAAAAMAAJ "Kansas City Airport."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112001638/https://books.google.com/books?id=JMvnAAAAMAAJ |date=January 12, 2024 }} ''Kansas Government Journal'', Volume 44, 1958, p. 20. accessed: June 25, 2010.</ref>

[[Amelia Earhart Dam]] on [[Mystic River]] in eastern Massachusetts is named in her honor. The "Earhart Tree" on [[Banyan Drive]] in Hilo, Hawaii, was planted by Earhart in 1935.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.sfgate.com/hawaii/alohafriday/article/Amelia-Earhart-Hawaii-celebrates-the-great-2463264.php |title=Amelia Earhart: Hawaii celebrates the great aviator |last=Cooper |first=Jeanne |date=2010-07-23 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |access-date=2018-06-30 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=June 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630214317/https://www.sfgate.com/hawaii/alohafriday/article/Amelia-Earhart-Hawaii-celebrates-the-great-2463264.php |url-status=live }}</ref>