The naming of the USS Harvey Milk recognized those like Milk who contributed to the nation’s defense despite the ...

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 of a slain gay ...

Navy Chief Watertender Oscar Verner Peterson died while performing damage control on his ship during the Battle of the Coral ...

"People want to be proud of the ship they're sailing in," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in announcing the ship named after the gay rights leader would now be called the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.

Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense under President Donald Trump, has announced the renaming of the USNS Harvey Milk. Vowing to “take the politics out of ship naming”, Hegseth criticized the trend ...

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.

No other changes are expected soon to the fleet of John Lewis-class ships, most of which are named after civil rights figures ...

The USNS Harvey Milk is a John Lewis-class replenishment oiler, designed to support carrier strike groups at sea. The class of ships is named after civil rights icon and Congressman John Lewis ...

The USNS Harvey Milk is a 742-foot-long ship that was launched in November 2021 and designed to support other ships at sea, NPR News reported. It is part of the John Lewis class, ...

The USNS Harvey Milk was named in 2016 by then-Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, who said at the time that the John Lewis-class of oilers would be named after leaders who fought for civil and human rights.