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USS NEOSHO (AO-23) (back right) under way on 07DEC42, during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Posted on 06/27/2025 7:46:40 AM PDT by bitt
USNS Harvey Milk will be the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the new name for the naval ship USNS Harvey Milk will be the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.
"We are taking the politics out of ship naming," Hegseth said in a statement to officially announce the name change.
Why It Matters Hegseth has vowed to uproot what he has characterized as the woke agenda from the military, restoring what he has called the "warrior ethos" and renaming the USNS Harvey Milk is part of that broader drive.
Harvey Milk was California's first openly gay politician and the ship, a fleet replenishment oiler, was originally named in his honor in 2016 under the Obama Administration.
He had served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War but had to leave the service due to his sexuality or face court-martial, before embarking on a career in politics and civil rights activism.
Oscar Peterson was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his WWII service in the U.S. Navy, having died of his wounds during a battle after an act of self-sacrifice that saved other lives.
"We're not renaming the ship to anything political. This is not about political activists, unlike the previous administration," Hegseth said. "Instead, we're renaming the ship after a United States Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, as it should be. People want to be proud of the ship they're sailing in."
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Lee Marvin
A great American. No greater love.
> Liberals and democrats from that generation, would not be welcomed in the current democrat party. <
Yes, indeed. And what I find particularly frustrating is many older D voters can’t see that.
They think they’re voting for the party of Harry Truman. But they’re really voting for the party of Bolshevik Bernie Sanders.
It’s bad luck to rename a ship!
That will leave a mark!
Excellent
USS Dan White?
A non-Christian view.
I wish they did name it after jazz great Oscar Peterson.
I saw him at The London House in Chicago. Magnificent man and pianist, worthy of any and all honors.
That was my first thought as well, Fastest octaves in the world.
With the great Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen on bass.
Was the USS Buttigieg considered???
US Navy ships/boat, when named for a person, are generally named for Sailors or Marines. Presidents, of course, are the exception. Audie Murphy was plenty honourable enough, but he was Army.
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USS NEOSHO (AO-23) (back right) under way on 07DEC42, during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
BTW, my dad commanded an LCT on Utah Beach.
God rest you sir.
That would be 07DEC41 ...
Understand; I was responding to the suggestion of John Wayne.
Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Robert Mitchum, lot of men in that era served.
I think of John Wayne as a draft dodger making millions off of other people’s heroics...
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