Harvey Milk’s name returned to headlines after the defense secretary ordered the name of the slain gay rights advocate, who ...

Earlier this month, after reports emerged that Hegseth had ordered Navy Secretary John Phelan to put together a team to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed the ...

“The USNS Harvey Milk’s symbol of hope, having existed at all, will live on in hearts and minds of millions across the globe! Neither the bullets that took his life, nor the stripping of his name from ...

The USNS Harvey Milk was part of a class of oiler ship named after Rep. John Lewis, the late Georgia Democrat who organized with Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights icons.

A defense official told Task & Purpose that no decision has been made to rename other ships like the Harvey Milk, one of 12 John Lewis-class replenishment oilers named for civilians with ties to ...

The USNS Harvey Milk is part of a fleet of replenishment oilers named after civil rights advocates including Chief Justice Earl Warren and US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. While Hegseth said ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday the new name for the USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler named after the assassinated gay rights leader and San Francisco politician ...

The Brief Ahead of Pride weekend, San Francisco officials announced the construction of a memorial to gay rights icon Harvey Milk. Harvey Milk Plaza will be constructed at Castro and Market ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the decision was “taking the politics out of ship naming.” The vessel will be renamed for Oscar V. Peterson, a Medal of Honor recipient.

News Military Hegseth directs renaming of Navy ship honoring LGBT icon Harvey Milk June 27, 2025 Updated Fri., June 27, 2025 at 9:52 p.m. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears at a Senate Armed ...

The USNS Harvey Milk is part of a fleet of replenishment oilers named after civil rights advocates including Chief Justice Earl Warren and US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. While Hegseth said ...