The Secretary of Defense, Pete Heghseth, announced on Friday that the USNS Harvey Milk will rename the USNS Oscar V. Peterson, after ordering the Navy to attack the name of the activist of gay rights pioneers of the ship.
Hegseth made the announcement in a Video posted in X.
This photo of the US Navy shows the resupply oiler of the John Lewis Usns Harvey Milk (T-AO-206) class at the sea on December 13, 2024.
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“We are drawing the policy of the names of the ships,” said Hegseth. “We are not changing the name of the ship to anything political. It is not about political activists, unlike the previous administration. On the other hand, we are changing the name of the ship after a receiver of the Honor Medal of the United States Congress of the United States, as it should be.”
Peterson, said Hegesh, was a main campaign manager who posthumously received the medal of honor for heroism during an attack on Uss Nosho by Japanese embankment during the battle of the Sea of Coral in 1942.
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