U.S. Navy is renaming a ship named for gay rights leader Harvey Milk and considering new names for others named for prominent Americans.

The USNS Harvey Milk expected to be renamed four years after being launched. Defense secretary "is committed to ensuring that the names (of all military assets) are reflective of the Commander-in-Chief's priorities.

Milk, who served in the Navy during the Korean War, became one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials, winning a position on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977.