Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the decision was “taking the politics out of ship naming.” The vessel will be renamed for ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Navy renamed an oiler originally named after gay rights activist and veteran Harvey Milk to honor Chief Watertender Oscar Peterson instead.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed after a World War II sailor who ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday the USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.

The USNS Harvey Milk will be stripped of its moniker, which honored a slain gay rights activist who served during the Korean ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed after a World War II sailor who ...

The name of a foundational gay rights activist is scheduled to be scrubbed from a Navy supply ship, while the Trump administration is reportedly targeting other ships named after civil rights leaders.

Navy officials referred questions to the Navy secretary’s team, which did not respond to requests for comment. The impending move to rename the USNS Harvey Milk was first reported by Military.com.

The former president was among thousands of mourners at the Minnesota State Capitol, where a lawmaker, her husband and their ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, an oiler ship honoring the late gay rights activist and Navy veteran. The ship, part of the John Lewis class ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, a highly rare move that will strip the ship of the moniker of a slain gay rights activist who served as a sailor … ...

but it does reveal Trump’s contempt for the very values our veterans fight to protect,” the Democrat wrote on X. The ship was christened in 2021, and during the ceremony, then-Navy Secretary Carlos ...