Stonewall Gazette: Harvey Milk, Gay Rights Icon, To Have US Naval Ship Named In His Honor

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Harvey Milk, Gay Rights Icon, To Have US Naval Ship Named In His Honor

Outgoing Navy Secretary Ray Mabus plans to name a support ship after Harvey Milk, a Navy veteran and gay rights icon, according to a report. USNI News obtained a congressional notification that Mabus, a political appointee, intends to name a planned Military Sealift Command fleet oiler USNS Harvey Milk.

Milk, who served in the Navy during the Korean War, is a former San Francisco politician who became the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California. He was assassinated in 1978.

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Thursday, July 28, 2016

Harvey Milk, Gay Rights Icon, To Have US Naval Ship Named In His Honor