Hegseth renames Navy ship after Medal of Honor hero to ‘remove politics’

Protection Secretary Pete Hegseeth introduced a navy tanker named after homosexual rights chief Harvey Milk, might be renamed Medal of Honor receiver Oscar V. Peterson.

“We get politics from the ship identify,” he wrote on X along with a video that introduced the transfer.

Milk was the primary overtly homosexual politician of California, who was shot and killed within the city corridor of San Francisco by former San Francisco -Supervisor than White. The ship, a fleet complement oil, was initially named after him in 2016 underneath President Barack Obama.

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Hegseeth introduced the formal resistance of the USNS Harvey Milk on the USNS Oscar V. Peterson (Ariana Drehsler/AFP by way of Getty photos)

He served with the Navy within the Korean battle for 4 years however left due to his sexuality.

Peterson acquired the honorary medal after his dying, after he died of his wounds through the battle within the Second World Struggle in an act of self -sacrifice that saved lives.

“Individuals need to be pleased with the ship they’re crusing,” Hegseeth stated concerning the change. “We don’t rename the ship to one thing political. This isn’t about political activists, in distinction to the earlier authorities.”

Peterson, who spent 20 years with the Navy, was answerable for working the steam engine within the USS Neosho when it got here to the Philippines in 1942. (Congressional Medal of Honor Society)

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Peterson, who spent 20 years with the Navy, was answerable for working the steam engine within the USS Neosho when it got here to the Philippines in 1942.

On Could 7, 1942, the Neosho was severely broken through the Battle of the Coral Sea. Peterson and different members of his restore social gathering have been severely injured, however Peterson managed to shut 4 shot steam valves. Within the course of within the third diploma, he was burned burns, however the relocation stored the ship afloat. On 11 Could the USS Henley saved 123 survivors of the Neosho and Peterson died two days later from his wounds.

Rep Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), depicted in 2016 through the naming ceremony for the USNS Harvey Milk, known as the rename of the ship ’embarrassing’. (Justin Sullivan/Getty photos)

The renamination comes within the midst of a push from Hegseeth to take away dei and “awake” coverage from the Ministry of Protection.

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When the transfer was first reported earlier this month, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., The shifting a “shameful, vengeful erases of those that fought to interrupt down boundaries for everybody to chase the American dream.”

“As the remainder of us celebrates the enjoyment of the Delight Month, it’s my hope that the navy will rethink this gross choice,” Pelosi stated in an announcement.