The ship was renamed in honor of Rachel Corrie, an American college student crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer while trying to prevent a house demolition in Gaza.
Rachel | Rachel Carson | Rachel Whiteread | Rachel Ward | Rachel Hunter | Rachel Weisz | Rachel Dratch | Rachel Bilson | Rachel Roy | Rachel Griffiths | Rachel Zoe | Rachel Sweet | Rachel Stamp | Rachel Ruysch | Rachel McAdams | Rachel Maddow | Rachel Homan | Rachel Corrie | Rachel Tucker | Rachel Smith | Rachel Rath | Rachel McLish | Rachel Grady | Rachel Farley | Rachel Blau DuPlessis | Rachel Summers | Rachel Speght | Rachel's Challenge | Rachel Reilly | Rachel Kramer Bussel |
On 5 June 2010, an Irish humanitarian aid vessel MV Rachel Corrie heading for Gaza, was intercepted and seized by the Israeli Navy.
Former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, Denis Halliday, aboard the Rachel Corrie, expressed concern that some of these humanitarian goods would likely be seized if the MV Rachel Corrie accepted "an offer of an escort to another port".