The US Navy has officially changed the name of its ship honoring slain gay-rights icon Harvey Milk to the USNS Oscar V. Peterson in commemoration of the WWII Medal of Honor recipient.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed in honor of Oscar V. Peterson, a decorated Navy chief petty officer.

Heading into Pride Weekend, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the new name of the Navy ship previously named after LGBTQ rights hero Harvey Milk.

USNS Harvey Milk is renamed after a WWII sailor in the latest Pentagon diversity purge The U.S. Navy launches the USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler ship named after the first out ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday the USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.

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.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed after a World War II sailor who received the Medal of Honor.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed after a World War II sailor who received the Medal of Honor. The decision strips the ship ...

FILE - The U.S. Navy launches the USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler ship named after the first openly gay elected official, in San Diego, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021.

Hegseth announces USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed USNS Oscar V. Peterson "We are taking the politics out of ship naming," the defense secretary said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...