Hegseth: USNS Harvey Milk Renamed for WWII Hero

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the United States officially renamed a U.S. Navy ship that had been named in honor of gay civil rights leader Harvey Milk.

It will now called be called the USNS Oscar V. Peterson in honor of a World War II Medal of Honor recipient.

“We are taking the politics out of ship naming,” Hegseth said in an announcement, posted on X, about renaming the fleet replenishment oiler.