The U.S. Navy's 1,000-bed military hospital ship is preparing to set out on a goodwill mission in Latin America. The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is set to embark on a three-month ...

The USNS Harvey Milk tanker ship is on the verge of receiving a new name, sparking intense reactions from some political figures. The act of renaming a Navy ship is very rare and considered partially ...

James LaPorta is a national security coordinating producer in CBS News' Washington bureau. He is a former U.S. Marine infantryman and veteran of the Afghanistan war. U.S. Navy documents obtained by ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the Navy on Tuesay to remove the name of gay rights activist and late San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk from one of its ships.

The Pentagon on Sunday announced that a naval vessel named for labor leader Cesar Chavez will keep its name. Trump administration officials had announced plans earlier this year to rename multiple ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. By contrast, this week, the keel was laid for the fourth ...

U.S Navy Secretary John Phelan has until Tuesday to rename the United States Naval Ship Harvey Milk following an order from U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The vessel is named for Harvey Milk, a ...

The U.S. Navy plans to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler named after the slain gay rights leader and Navy veteran, and is considering renaming multiple naval ships named after ...

U.S. Navy documents obtained by CBS News and used to brief the secretary of the Navy and his chief of staff show proposed timelines for rolling out the name change of the USNS Harvey Milk to the ...