The U.S. Navy is officially changing the name of the San Diego-built USNS Harvey Milk to the USNS Oscar V. Peterson, Defense ...

A U.S. Navy ship has a new moniker after the Trump administration stripped it of its previous name that honored a slain icon ...

Pete Hegseth, who had originally touted the name change earlier in June, said the decision is in order to “take the politics out of ship naming.” ...

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that he renamed a Navy oiler ship that previously honored a gay rights ...

Navy tanker named after Harvey Milk, California's first openly gay politician, will be renamed for Oscar V. Peterson, who ...

Navy Chief Watertender Oscar Verner Peterson died while performing damage control on his ship during the Battle of the Coral ...

In an act Defense Secretary Hegseth said is not about politics, the Pentagon has renamed a naval ship that honored a gay ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has revealed the new name for the USNS Harvey Milk, weeks after he announced he would be ...