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Was it called "Murphy Brown" because of her mom?

posted 8 years ago by waldenpond88

There's one episode in the excellent 1959 TV series "Yancy Derringer" with a ship called Murphy Brown:

A Bullet for Bridget
Madame Francine's girl midget cousin keeps being drug back to a mysterious black freighter from China, The Murphy Brown, supposedly only containing the finest silk. Reconstruction administrator Colton suspects smuggling, but lacks evidence so he assigns Derringer and Pahoo to use not-quite-legal methods to investigate, and to protect the adorable, pug-nosed Irish waif Gidget from being silenced.

Madame Francine was played by Frances Bergen, Candace' mom.
Does anybody know?