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Pentagon strips Harvey Milk's name from Navy ship

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.

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The Pentagon stripped the name of gay rights icon Harvey Milk from a Navy ship. Here's what it's called now.

The Pentagon said it's done with "political" ship naming. The move follows a number of name changes at US Army bases.

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Pentagon Strips Harvey Milk’s Name From Navy Vessel

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the decision was “taking the politics out of ship naming.” The vessel will be renamed for Oscar V. Peterson, a Medal of Honor recipient.

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

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

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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 ...

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USNS Harvey Milk is renamed after a WWII sailor in the latest Pentagon diversity purge - Los Angeles Times

The USNS Harvey Milk was named in 2016 by then-Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, who said at the time that the John Lewis-class of oilers would be named after leaders who fought for civil and human rights ...

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