The US Navy plans to remove the name of gay rights leader and Navy veteran Harvey Milk from one of its ships, and may change the titles of other vessels honouring civil rights leaders. The plans ...

The directive could be expanded to include other military vessels named for prominent American civil rights figures, said people familiar with internal discussions.

The John Lewis-class replenishment oiler USNS Harvey Milk conducts a replenishment at sea on December 13, 2024. On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. Navy to rename the ship ...

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 ...

Navy tradition and basic decency make clear the beleaguered defense secretary shouldn’t rename the ship. Hegseth is doing it anyway.

United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the renaming of a US Navy ship named after trailblazing gay rights activist Harvey Milk, according to reports on Tuesday. The USNS Harvey ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday ordered the Navy to rename the oiler ship USNS Harvey Milk named for the slain gay rights activist and Navy veteran. The move comes at the beginning of ...

Stuart Milk, nephew of gay rights activist Harvey Milk, center, tours the University at Albany campus on Oct. 25, 2018, in Albany. The U.S. Navy is planning to rename several ships that were named ...

The news was first reported by Military.com. Here's what to know about Harvey Milk and DEI. When did the Navy name a ship after Harvey Milk? In 2016, the U.S. Navy said it would name one of its ...

Military.com first reported the name change for the USNS Harvey Milk on Tuesday, but the news of other naval vessels being considered for a name change has not yet been reported. The USNS Harvey ...