Navy Ship To Be Named For Late Gay Rights Leader Harvey Milk

A Navy official said Friday that Navy Secretary Ray Mabus notified Congress earlier this month that a new fleet of replenishment oilers will be named for Milk and five other civil and human rights icons. Other ship name honorees include abolitionist Sojourner Truth, Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren and Georgia congressman John Lewis.

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