Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced 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.

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The military on June 27 officially changed the name of a ship honoring the late gay icon Harvey Milk, Defense Secretary Pete ...

Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship The John Lewis-class replenishment oiler USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO-206) conducts a replenishment at sea with the aircraft ...

The US Naval ship named after the late civil rights icon Harvey Milk arrived in San Francisco Bay Thursday afternoon, making its historic first visit to the Port of San Francisco.

A Navy ship honoring gay rights activist Harvey Milk will soon have his name stricken from it under an order made by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth—a decision, according to one report ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the U.S. Navy to rename at least one vessel that currently honors a civil rights icon.. On Tuesday, Military.com reported that it reviewed a memo from ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that the ship bearing the name of gay rights icon and Navy veteran Harvey Milk be renamed, according to Military.com.. The Office of the Secretary of the ...