Summary
The U.S. Navy has changed the name of the ship USNS Harvey Milk to USNS Oscar V. Peterson. This change is part of efforts to remove names associated with civil rights leaders from military vessels.
Key Facts
- The USNS Harvey Milk is now renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.
- Harvey Milk was a gay civil rights leader and former Navy veteran.
- The ship was originally named during the Obama administration by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus.
- Oscar V. Peterson was a World War II naval officer awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously.
- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the renaming.
- This change aligns with the Trump administration's efforts to remove what they describe as "woke" ideology.
- The Navy is also reviewing the names of other ships named after various civil rights leaders, women, and people from minority groups.
