Overview

• The USNS Harvey Milk is currently in a Mobile, Alabama, shipyard for maintenance as Navy Secretary John Phelan readies a new name under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s order.
• The Navy will unveil the ship’s replacement name on June 13 with a ceremony aboard the USS Constitution during Pride Month.
• A memo from the Secretary of the Navy’s office cites the renaming as part of a push to restore a “warrior culture” consistent with President Donald Trump and Hegseth’s objectives.
• Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Governor Gavin Newsom have denounced the decision as an erasure of a gay rights and civil rights icon.
• Documents obtained by CBS News show that other John Lewis-class vessels named for leaders such as Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsburg are also under consideration for renaming.