Re “Hegseth orders name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk scrubbed from San Diego-built Navy ship” (June 3): The Navy will rename USNS Harvey Milk as part of the administration’s move to ...

The Jackson City Council has unanimously passed a resolution urging the U.S. Navy and Department of Defense to reverse their decision to remove civil rights icon Medgar Evers' name from the USNS ...

The following is the Dec. 4, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress. From the ...

The Trump administration has interfered with efforts to rename Army bases that were originally named after Confederate officers as well.US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Maxwell ...

The Trump administration moves to strip the name of civil rights icon Harvey Milk from a Navy ship. Critics worry this decision is part of a larger backlash against LGBTQ people. Steve Walsh from ...

No other changes are expected soon to the fleet of John Lewis-class ships, most of which are named after civil rights figures. Buildings and streets at West Point and Annapolis are also unchanged to ...

In 2023, the Navy named a ship after Harriet Tubman and last December, it laid the keel for a ship to bear Thurgood Marshall‘s name. These individuals are not only national icons but are deeply woven ...

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus defended his history of controversial ship names, saying that they abide by long-standing traditions. “I’m more a traditionalist than most of my predecessors have been,” Mabus ...

U.S. Rep. Sam Liccardo holds a question and answer session at the “We the People” Democracy Fair at Rinconada Park in Palo Alto on June 14, 2025. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. The federal government ...

Mayflower, Constitution, Titanic, Bismarck – these are all the names of legendary ships. History-changing ships. Ships that created legends and stories that were more than just their sails, ...