Yes, there is a non-combat ship named after Milk, but he served in the US Navy as a junior officer during the Korea War. And, I’m guessing, before he discovered he was curved, not straight.
67 posted on 02/05/2021 10:02:45 AM PST by GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)