The ship is operated by Military Sealift Command, with a crew of about 125 civilian mariners. The Navy says it conducted its first resupply mission at sea in fall 2024, while operating in the ...

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.

The ship is operated by Military Sealift Command, with a crew of about 125 civilian mariners. The Navy says it conducted its first resupply mission at sea in fall 2024, while operating in the ...

Navy announces new name for ship dedicated to gay rights leader Harvey Milk Harvey Milk, who was portrayed by Sean Penn in an Oscar-winning 2008 movie, served for four years in the Navy before he ...

Re “Hegseth orders name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk scrubbed from San Diego-built Navy ship” (June 3): The Navy will rename USNS Harvey Milk as part of the administration’s move … ...

“Really a disservice to the Navy and all who serve,” Pelosi said. The ship, a replenishment oiler, was named after Milk in 2016 as part of a class of ships honoring civil rights leaders.

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

Hegseth orders Navy to rename ship honoring gay rights ... Both his mother and his father also served in the U.S. Navy in World War I. ... he was a Korean War combat veteran whose commander called ...

The planned name change was first reported by military news website Military.com. Milk served in the U.S. Navy in 1951 as a diving officer during the Korean War.

In 2016, the U.S. Navy announced it would name a ship after Milk. Construction began in late 2019, and two years later, Navy veteran Paula Neira christened the USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206) during a ...

Milk served in the Navy during the Korean War, though he was not deployed. He was given a “less than honorable” discharge in 1955 after being questioned about his sexual orientation.

WASHINGTON — 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 ...