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

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.

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

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

Pete Hegseth has reportedly ordered the U.S. Navy to change the name of an oiler ship named after Harvey Milk, who was a gay rights activist.

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

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.

Christened in 2011, the USNS Medgar Evers may lose its name — a move that’s drawn backlash from Evers’ family and now the ...

The Navy is also reportedly considering renaming several other ships that are named after the civil rights leaders mentioned ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the ship that honors Harvey Milk, a former sailor who later became the first openly gay man elected to office in ...

U.S. officials say Navy Secretary John Phelan put together a small team to rename the replenishment oiler and that a new name is expected this month.