When Evanstonian Mike Petroshus heard late last month that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had ordered the Navy to strip the ...

The U.S. Navy replenishment oiler previously named for gay rights leader and Navy veteran Harvey Milk has a new moniker: the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.

They said ships shouldn't be named for civil rights leaders, but only the one named for the LGBTQ+ leader appears to be ...

Defense Secretary and former Fox host Pete Hegseth said several weeks ago that the Navy supply vessel formerly known as the USNS Harvey Milk would get a new name because Milk was a gay civil rights ...

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

Renaming a U.S. Navy ship has always been a matter of great honor, but recent changes have revealed a stark divide in values and priorities. The U.S. Navy has made a bold move to rename the fleet ...

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

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 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.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that a U.S. Navy ship previously named after LGBTQ rights hero Harvey Milk will be renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson — a move he said was aimed at ...