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- Pentagon renames naval ship previously honoring gay rights advocate</p>
<p>June 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM</p>
<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, June 26, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) (Kevin Wolf/AP)</p>
<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday that the naval ship previously honoring Harvey Milk has been renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.</p>
<p>According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Milk served in the Navy during the Korean War as a diving officer. He was later elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, becoming the first openly gay elected official in California.</p>
<p>Milk was assassinated in 1978, less than a year after taking office.</p>
<p>The ship was christened in 2021.</p>
<p>Peterson was a chief watertender for the Navy during World War II. He was awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor for his service. He died in the sinking of USS Neosho in 1942.</p>
<p>"We are taking the politics out of ship naming," Hegseth said in a post on X. "We are not renaming the ship to anything political. This is not about political activism, unlike the previous administration. Instead, we are renaming the ship after a United States Navy Congressional Medal of Honor recipient."</p>
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