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

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

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

We are taking the politics out of ship naming. We’re not renaming the ship to anything political, Secretary of Defense Pete ...

The U.S. Naval ship previously named after Harvey Milk will be renamed Oscar V. Peterson, a World War II hero, as announced ...

We are taking the politics out of ship naming,” Hegseth stated. “This is not about political activists, unlike the previous ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday announced the renaming of the USNS Harvey Milk to USNS Oscar V. Peterson, who was a ...

Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday, the USNS Harvey Milk will be re-named the USNS Oscar V. Peterson, adding the Defense Department is "taking the politics out of ship naming.” File Photo by ...

Heading into Pride Weekend, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the new name of the Navy ship previously named after ...

The USNS Harvey Milk, a John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, is shown in March in drydock at Alabama Shipyard in ...