The naming of the USS Harvey Milk recognized those like Milk who contributed to the nation’s defense despite the ...

Navy Chief Watertender Oscar Verner Peterson died while performing damage control on his ship during the Battle of the Coral ...

It was Milk who commissioned artist Gilbert Baker to create a symbol to represent the LGBTQ+ community. Until then, the ...

No other changes are expected soon to the fleet of John Lewis-class ships, most of which are named after civil rights figures ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the U.S. Navy was renaming the USNS Harvey Milk, named for one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials in San Francisco.

Navy tanker named after Harvey Milk, California's first openly gay politician, will be renamed for Oscar V. Peterson, who sacrificed his life saving others in World War II.

The U.S. Navy needs ships and modern weapons systems to effectively address defense needs, Adm. Daryl Caudle told the Senate ...

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 ...

Kelley’s work as a drag artist passed without comment back in 2018. In fact, in 2022, Kelley announced they’d been recruited ...

The ship was previously in Mobile in March for maintenance. The ship was the Navy’s first named for an openly gay person. Milk was elected to public office as a member of the San Francisco Board of ...

USNS Harvey Milk is renamed after a WWII sailor in the latest Pentagon diversity purge Harvey Milk, who was portrayed by Sean Penn in an Oscar-winning 2008 movie, served for four years in the Navy ...