Navy Secretary John Phelan announced the ship's name will remain unchanged in an August memo addressed to lawmakers.

Harvey Bernard Milk was born on May 22, 1930, in Woodmere, New York. Reared in a small middle-class Jewish family, Milk was one of two boys born to William and Minerva Milk.

Harvey Milk was the first openly gay elected official in California, winning a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977.His election was a groundbreaking moment, symbolizing hope and ...

Sean Penn won the Best Actor Academy Award for 2008's film Milk, even beating out Brad Pitt. Context In 2016, President Obama ...

Milk was the first openly gay man elected to public office in California, and he built a legacy advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. "Harvey came out and organized at a time that was also very dark, a ...

Harvey Milk (fifth from right) campaigns for a position on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, along Market Street in San Francisco in October 1975.

Milk's nephew, Stuart Milk, said in a phone call on Wednesday that he and the Harvey Milk Foundation have reached out to the Pentagon, which confirmed there is a proposed name change on the table.

Harvey Milk became one of the nation's first openly gay elected officials when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. Born on May 22, 1930, Milk enlisted in the Navy in 1951.

The John Lewis-class replenishment oiler USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO-206) conducts a replenishment at sea with the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), December 13, 2024.

Harvey Milk in the parade for San Francisco's 1978 Gay Freedom Day just before giving his "you must come out" speech against the Briggs Initiative. Terry Schmitt/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty ...