The Gateway Pundit reported on an announcement from the Division of Protection {that a} ship named for homosexual rights icon Harvey Milk can be renamed.
Milk, a former Navy officer, was one of many first overtly homosexual elected officers within the U.S., serving on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 1977 till his assassination in 1978.
Underscoring the Navy’s new coverage of ending politicizing ship naming, Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth introduced the ship can be branded the USNS Oscar V. Peterson to honor the Medal of Honor recipient.
Peterson sacrificed his personal life for fellow shipmates and earned the Medal of Honor posthumously.
Secretary of Protection Hegseth sharedm “We’re taking the politics out of ship naming.”
“We’re not renaming the ship to something political. This isn’t about political activists, not like the earlier administration… Individuals need to be happy with the ship they’re crusing in.”
Peterson earned hero standing for his actions within the Battle of the Coral Sea in the course of the Second World Conflict. Though he was gravely wounded, when Japanese dive bombers focused the united statesNeosho within the Pacific, he single-handedly closed the ship’s bulkhead cease valves to maintain it operational.
Per the Military Hall of Honor:
Quotation: For extraordinary braveness and conspicuous heroism above and past the decision of responsibility whereas answerable for a restore social gathering throughout an assault on the united statesNeosho by enemy Japanese aerial forces on 7 Might 1942. Missing help due to accidents to the opposite members of his restore social gathering and severely wounded himself, Peterson, with no concern for his personal life, closed the bulkhead cease valves and in so doing obtained further burns which resulted in his demise. His spirit of self-sacrifice and loyalty, attribute of a positive seaman, was in step with the best traditions of the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life within the service of his nation.
“His spirit of self-sacrifice and concern for his fellow crewmates was in step with the best traditions of the Navy,” Hegseth shared.
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I’m happy to announce that the US Navy is renaming the USNS Harvey Milk to the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.
We’re taking the politics out of ship naming. pic.twitter.com/2ypwAQGdAl
— Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth (@SecDef) June 27, 2025
