USS Waban, a steamer in commission from 1898 to 1919, has been named for Waban, and kept the name (as SS Waban) while in post-Navy mercantile service from 1919 to 1924. See also Praying Indian Waban (MBTA station) Waban, Massachusetts USS Waban (1880) Notes References Jennings, Francis. The Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism and the Cant of Conquest. New York: W.W. Norton, 1975. Tinker, George (Tink). Missionary Conquest: The Gospel and Native American Cultural Genocide. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993. U.S. Naval Historical Center, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: USS Waban (ship namesake information) External links Praying Indians Waban, the Wind, by Arthur M. Southwick Converts to Protestantism from pagan religions Native American leaders Newton, Massachusetts People of colonial Massachusetts 1600s births 1680s deaths People from Middlesex County, Massachusetts Massachusett people Native American history of Massachusetts Native American people from Massachusetts