D efense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday the USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson, after he ordered the Navy to strike the name of the pioneering gay rights activist ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the new name for the naval ship USNS Harvey Milk will be the USNS Oscar V. Peterson. "We are taking the politics out of ship naming," Hegseth said in a statement.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has revealed the new name for the USNS Harvey Milk, weeks after he announced he would be stripping the civil rights icon's name from the Navy vessel. The post Pete ...

When news first broke that Hegseth planned to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, among those to react was actor Sean Penn. He played Milk in the movie of the same name. The 64-year-old Oscar-winner told The ...

Pete Hegseth reveals new name for USNS Harvey Milk as part of mission to take ‘politics out of ship naming’ - ‘People want to be proud of the ship they’re sailing in,’ defense secretary says ...

Defense Secretary and former Fox host Pete Hegseth said several weeks ago that the Navy supply vessel formerly known as the ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Friday that the Navy renamed an oiler originally named after famed gay rights activist and veteran Harvey Milk to honor Chief Watertender Oscar Peterson ...

Navy replenishment oiler, which was previously named for gay rights leader, has been renamed for World War II hero Oscar V. Peterson.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday the USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson, after he ordered the Navy to strike the name of the pioneering ...

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. “We are taking ...

The USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed after Oscar V. Peterson, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Friday.