It was Milk who commissioned artist Gilbert Baker to create a symbol to represent the LGBTQ+ community. Until then, the ...

The USNS Harvey Milk was named in 2016 by then-Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, who said at the time that the John Lewis-class of oilers would be named after leaders who fought for civil and human rights.

The USNS Harvey Milk conducts a replenishment at sea in the Atlantic Ocean on Dec. 13, 2024. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Maxwell Orlosky/U.S. Navy via AP) ...

Posted: June 27, 2025 | Last updated: June 27, 2025 US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has announced the Navy is renaming the USNS Harvey Milk, to the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.

The USNS Harvey Milk is part of a fleet of replenishment oilers named after civil rights advocates including Chief Justice Earl Warren and US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.

The John Lewis-class replenishment oiler USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO-206) conducts a replenishment in the Atlantic Ocean, Dec. 13, 2024. The tanker was renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson on Tuesday.

“The USNS Harvey Milk’s symbol of hope, having existed at all, will live on in hearts and minds of millions across the globe! Neither the bullets that took his life, nor the stripping of his name from ...

The U.S. Navy launches the USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler ship named after the first openly gay elected official, in San Diego, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021.