claim: The Ellen Show began its broadcast in 1991.
evidence: USS Uvalde -LRB- AKA-88 -RRB- was an named after Uvalde County , Texas , the home of former Vice President John Nance `` Cactus Jack '' Garner .. Uvalde -LRB- AKA-88 -RRB- -LRB- formerly projected as the merchant freighter Wild Pigeon -RRB- was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract -LRB- MC hull 1188 -RRB- on 27 March 1944 at Oakland , California , by the Moore Dry Dock Co. ; launched on 20 May 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs. George J. Kean ; and commissioned on 18 August 1944 , Lt. Comdr. William M. McCloy , USNR , in command .. Maritime Commission. Maritime Commission. commissioned. Ship commissioning