Navy removes Harvey Milk's name from a replenishment ship

Reporting and findings

1. documented

   The Navy renamed USNS Harvey Milk as USNS Oscar V. Peterson, citing a mandate from the president and defense secretary. The new name honors a World War II Medal of Honor recipient.

   • US Navy: SECNAV Renames John Lewis-class Fleet Replenishment Oiler after Navy WWII Medal of Honor Recipient Chief Petty Officer Oscar V. PetersonJune 27 statement opening paragraph
2. documented

   The ship had been named in 2016 for Harvey Milk, a Navy veteran and gay-rights leader. AP reported that the John Lewis-class naming scheme honored civil- and human-rights leaders.

   • Associated Press: USNS Harvey Milk is renamed after a WWII sailor in Pentagon diversity purgeClosing paragraphs on 2016 naming and Milk's history