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

Navy ship gets new moniker after Trump stripped it of murdered gay icon’s name

A U.S. Navy ship has a new moniker after the Trump administration stripped it of its previous name that honored a slain icon of the gay rights movement. Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth has announced that the former USNS Harvey Milk will now be known as the USNS Oscar V. Peterson, NPR reported.

Sec. Hegseth Reveals the New Name of the Harvey Milk

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the new name for the naval ship USNS Harvey Milk will be the USNS Oscar V. Peterson. “We are taking the politics out of ship naming,” Hegseth said in a statement to officially announce the name change. Milk had served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War but had to leave the service due […] The post Sec. Hegseth Reveals the New Name of the Harvey Milk appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

DOD Announces Renamed Ship Will Honor Medal of Honor Recipient Oscar V. Peterson

The Gateway Pundit reported on an announcement from the Department of Defense that a ship named for gay rights icon Harvey Milk will be renamed.

Navy ship once named for slain gay rights activist in Mobile port

A Navy ship is in Mobile for maintenance only hours after receiving a new name from Pentagon officials.

Hegseth Goes Up Against the Cultural Revolutionaries - Geller Report

The facts of the matter are straightforward. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is striking back against the Obama/Biden cultural revolution by, among other actions, renaming the USNS Harvey Milk, a Navy oil tanker, after Medal of Honor recipient Oscar V. Peterson. The reactions from leftists, however, are as predictable as they are revealing. This shouldn’t be difficult. The ship wasn’t named after Harvey Milk, who served four undistinguished years…

USNS Harvey Milk renamed after Oscar V. Peterson, Pentagon announces

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed after a World War II 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.