The naming of the USS Harvey Milk recognized those like Milk who contributed to the nation’s defense despite the ...

When news first broke that Hegseth planned to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, among those to react was actor Sean Penn. He played Milk in the movie of the same name. The 64-year-old Oscar-winner told The ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the new name for the naval ship USNS Harvey Milk will be the USNS Oscar V. Peterson. "We are taking the politics out of ship naming," Hegseth said in a statement to ...

Navy Chief Watertender Oscar Verner Peterson died while performing damage control on his ship during the Battle of the Coral ...

They said ships shouldn't be named for civil rights leaders, but only the one named for the LGBTQ+ leader appears to be changing.

It was Milk who commissioned artist Gilbert Baker to create a symbol to represent the LGBTQ+ community. Until then, the ...

Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday, the USNS Harvey Milk will be re-named the USNS Oscar V. Peterson, adding the Defense Department is "taking the politics out of ship naming.” File Photo by ...

FILE - The U.S. Navy launches the USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler ship named after the first openly gay elected official, in San Diego, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex ...

Harvey Milk became one of the nation's first openly gay elected officials when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. Born on May 22, 1930, Milk enlisted in the Navy in 1951.

"Harvey Milk was the first person to stand up and say, no one's going to know us until we come out of the closet, and now we're out of the closet and this is a lasting legacy for us," said Ned ...

The Harvey Milk was named in July 2016 by then-Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, who voiced a commitment to naming the John Lewis-class of oilers after civil and human rights icons. It was christened in 2021.