U.S. Navy to name ship after gay rights activist Harvey Milk
 

U.S. Navy to name ship after gay rights activist Harvey Milk
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Gay rights activist and San Francisco politician Harvey Milk is set to receive a posthumous ho**r from the U.S. Navy, which will name a ship after him.*

The tanker, which is part of a ****** of ships named after civil rights leaders, will be named USNS Harvey Milk, according to the U.S. Naval Institute News, which quoted a Congressional **tification.*

SEE ALSO: Harvey Milk Will Be First Openly Gay Elected Official on a Stamp


Milk, who served as a diving ******r in San Diego during the Korean War before being ho**rably discharged, was one of the first openly gay politicians in the U.S..*

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Harvey Milk was a diving ******r in the U.S. Navy before starting his career in politics.

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