Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday the USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.

The USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed after Oscar V. Peterson, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Friday.

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We are taking the politics out of ship naming. We’re not renaming the ship to anything political, Secretary of Defense Pete ...

Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday that the Navy vessel USNS Harvey Milk has been renamed after ...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday announced the renaming of the USNS Harvey Milk to USNS Oscar V. Peterson, who was a ...

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Defense Secretary Hegseth cites "taking the politics out of ship naming." Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed Friday that ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the renaming of the USNS Harvey Milk to the USNS Oscar V. Peterson. Credit: U.S.

The Pentagon said it's done with "political" ship naming. The move follows a number of name changes at US Army bases.