Hegseth announces USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed USNS Oscar V. Peterson

Hegseth Announces New Name for Ship that Had Honored Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk

Hegseth said that he would be renaming the John Lewis-class oiler USNS Harvey Milk in honor of Chief Watertender Oscar V. Peterson. Peterson heroically sacrificed his life while his ship, the USS Neosho, was under attack by the Japanese during the Battle of the Coral Sea.

Hegseth announces new name of US navy ship that honored gay rights icon Harvey Milk

Defense secretary said the vessel will be renamed after Oscar V Peterson to take ‘politics out of ship naming’The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has formally announced that the US navy supply vessel named in honor of the gay rights activist Harvey Milk is to be renamed after Oscar V Peterson, a chief petty officer who received the congressional Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of the Coral Sea in the second world war.“We are tak…

Pentagon strips activist Harvey Milk's name from Navy ship in latest diversity purge

U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed after a Second World War sailor who received the Medal of Honor, stripping the ship of the name of a slain gay rights activist who served during the Korean War.

Hegseth unveils new name of USNS Harvey Milk

"We are taking the politics out of ship naming. We're not renaming the ship to anything political, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in a video address. "This is not about political activists, unlike the previous administration.

USNS Harvey Milk, ship honoring slain gay rights leader, being renamed USNS Oscar V. Peterson, Hegseth says

The USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson in honor of a Navy chief watertender who died in World War II.

Pete Hegseth reveals new name for USNS Harvey Milk

‘People want to be proud of the ship they’re sailing in,’ defense secretary says