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 Bonnie ...

The US Navy has officially changed the name of its ship honoring slain gay-rights icon Harvey Milk to the USNS Oscar V. Peterson in commemoration of the WWII Medal of Honor recipient. “We are taking ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a Navy oil tanker named after gay rights leader Harvey Milk will be renamed after Medal of Honor recipient Oscar V. Peterson. "We are taking the politics out ...

(Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Maxwell Orlosky/U.S. Navy/AP photo/X) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has revealed the new name for the USNS Harvey Milk, weeks after he ordered the stripping ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed after a World War II sailor who received the Medal of Honor, stripping the ship of the name ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the U.S. Navy has renamed a ship honoring slain gay rights icon Harvey Milk, replacing it with the name of a World War II hero. The decision, which ...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday the USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson, after he ordered the Navy to strike the name of the pioneering gay rights activist ...

The John Lewis-class replenishment oiler USNS Harvey Milk was named after gay rights icon and politician Harvey Milk, who served in the Navy for four years before being kicked out for being gay. (MCS2 ...

"This is a pretty big step back," Stuart Milk, Harvey Milk's nephew, told ABC. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday the USNS Harvey Milk is being ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed in honor of a decorated Navy chief petty officer. The fleet replenishment oiler will now be called the USNS ...