The USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson in honor of a Navy chief watertender who died in World War II.

No other changes are expected soon to the fleet of John Lewis-class ships, most of which are named after civil rights figures ...

The move marks Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s latest foray into culture-war issues and comes near the conclusion of Pride Month.

Navy replenishment oiler, which was previously named for gay rights leader, has been renamed for World War II hero Oscar V. Peterson.

A U.S. Navy ship has a new moniker after the Trump administration stripped it of its previous name that honored a slain icon of the gay rights movement. Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth has announced ...

The Dale County installation bore the name of Chief Warrant Officer Michael J. Novosel, an Army aviator, for two years.

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the new name for the naval ship USNS Harvey Milk will be the USNS Oscar V. Peterson. "We are taking the politics out of ship naming," Hegseth said in a statement to ...

A Navy ship is in Mobile for maintenance only hours after receiving a new name from Pentagon officials. The fleet ...

Peterson, after he ordered the Navy to strike the name of the pioneering gay rights activist from the ship. Hegseth made the announcement in a video posted to X. “We are taking the politics out of ...

The name of a foundational gay rights activist is scheduled to be scrubbed from a Navy supply ship, while the Trump administration is reportedly targeting other ships named after civil rights leaders.

CBS News reported earlier this month that the Navy was considering renaming the Harvey Milk and multiple naval ships named after civil rights leaders and prominent American voices.