Navy tanker named after Harvey Milk, California's first openly gay politician, will be renamed for Oscar V. Peterson, who sacrificed his life saving others in World War II.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename an oil ship named after gay rights activist Harvey Milk, a move that pointedly comes at the start of Pride Month. Military.com first ...

The ship will be named the USNS Oscar V. Peterson in honor of a Navy chief watertender who died in World War II and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, Hegseth said in a video posted to ...

In a display of infantile weakness, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the U.S. Navy to remove iconic gay rights activist and Korean War veteran Harvey Milk’s name from a ship.

A Navy supply ship named for former Navy officer and 1970s civil rights icon Harvey Milk may soon be stripped of its name at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a defense official ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to strike the name of pioneering gay rights activist Harvey Milk from one of its ships, orchestrating the change as Pride month celebrations ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename an oil ship named after gay rights activist Harvey Milk, a move that pointedly comes at the start of Pride Month. Military.com first ...

Politics Hegseth orders the name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk scrubbed from Navy ship Milk, who was portrayed by Sean Penn in an Oscar-winning 2008 movie, served for four years in the Navy ...

Hegseth moves to rename Navy ship honoring gay rights icon Harvey Milk. The directive could be expanded to include other military vessels named for prominent American civil rights figures, said ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the ship that honors Harvey Milk, a former sailor who later became the first openly gay man elected to office in ...

Hegseth orders Navy strip oiler ship USNS Harvey Milk of name by: Ellen Mitchell, The Hill. Posted: Jun 3, 2025 / 04:50 PM CDT. Updated: Jun 3, 2025 / 04:50 PM CDT.