Washington — The U.S. Navy plans to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler named after the slain gay rights ...

The former Navy officer, who resigned over questions surrounding his sexuality in 1955, is having his naval recognition ...

Milk, who served in the Navy during the Korean War, became one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials, winning a ...

Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to strike the name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk from one of its ships, orchestrating ...

The USNS Harvey Milk expected to be renamed four years after being launched. Defense secretary "is committed to ensuring that ...

San Diego civic leaders held a press conference responding to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s order to rename the USNS ...

Pete Hegseth has ordered the renaming of the oiler ship USNS Harvey Milk named for the slain gay activist. What to know about ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the renaming of a U.S. Navy ship named after San Francisco gay rights activist ...

Navy tradition and basic decency make clear the beleaguered defense secretary shouldn’t rename the ship. Hegseth is doing it ...

Retired Adm. James Stavridis said he doesn’t agree with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to rename the USNS Harvey, removing the commemoration of gay rights activist Harvey Milk. Milk, a ...

This post has been updated to amend that the future USNS Sojourner Truth (TAO-210) was not seen on a list to be renamed.

U.S. officials say Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk in a highly rare move.