Harvey Milk was gay. We all know that. But today, gay sailors serve openly and with a great deal of pride in the U.S. military,” said retired Adm. James Stavridis.

After Military.com's reporting, CBS confirmed the defense secretary's plans to rename seven other naval ships who honor civic leaders and activists. Here are the stories of those ships' namesakes.

Navy tradition and basic decency make clear the beleaguered defense secretary shouldn’t rename the ship. Hegseth is doing it anyway.