Overview

• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s June 3 memo called for removing Harvey Milk’s name so the vessel would conform to President Trump’s objectives of reestablishing a warrior culture in the military.
• The USNS Harvey Milk is in Alabama for scheduled maintenance as a small team under Phelan prepares to choose its new name.
• The announcement of the vessel’s new name will take place aboard the USS Constitution on June 13, according to the internal memo.
• Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and LGBTQ advocates condemned the decision as an erasure of civil rights and LGBTQ history.
• Documents reviewed by CBS News show other John Lewis-class oilers named after civil rights icons are also being considered for renaming.