The Trump administration is set to take the almost unprecedented action of stripping Harvey Milk’s name from a Navy ship, a defense official told CNN.

U.S. Navy is renaming a ship named for gay rights leader Harvey Milk and considering new names for others named for prominent ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the secretary of the Navy to rename the oiler ship USNS Harvey Milk, according to a defense official.

There is a list of other possible name changes of ships named after prominent women and civil rights leaders, a U.S. official ...

Milk, who served in the Navy during the Korean War, became one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials, winning a position on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977.

The Trump administration reportedly is preparing to rename the USNS Harvey Milk. California officials called it a slap in the ...

The Navy may rename the USNS Harvey Milk, named for the 1970s gay civil rights activist, at the direction of Defense ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to rename a naval vessel named after gay rights activist Harvey Milk, with several ...

As the Trump administration moves to strip the name of civil-rights icon Harvey Milk from a Navy ship, critics worry the decision is part of a larger backlash against LGBTQ+ people. Steve Walsh from ...

A U.S. Navy oil tanker named after civil rights leader Harvey Milk is reportedly set to be given a new title – another apparent move to strip military diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives ...

The directive could be expanded to include other military vessels named for prominent American civil rights figures, said people familiar with internal discussions.

Harvey Milk became one of the nation's first openly gay elected officials when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. Born on May 22, 1930, Milk enlisted in the Navy in 1951.