8 years ago
Gay activist Harvey Milk 'to be honoured with US Navy ship'
The US Navy is set to name a ship after gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, according to a report by the US Naval Institute News. The tanker, which is yet to be built, will be called the USNS Harvey Milk, USNI News said. It cited a notification signed by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus. Milk was one of the first openly gay politicians in the US and was killed a year after winning election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He served in the US Navy in his youth as a diving officer during the Korean War before being honourably discharged.
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