The Navy has sent congressional notification that they intend to name a new oiler ship after slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk. CNN reported a U.S. Navy official confirmed the rumors with them.
At this moment, the Navy is declining to comment any further until the official naming announcement.Milk was a San Francisco politician and gay rights activist who was murdered in 1978.
Once commissioned, the USNS Harvey Milk would be part of the John Lewis-class oilers, a class named after Georgia Congressman and civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis.
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Milk was the first openly gay politician from California to be elected to office. He also served in the Navy as a dive instructor in San Diego during the Korean War.