Navy launches ship named for gay rights leader Harvey Milk
The Hindu
Milk served four years in the Navy before being forced out
A Navy ship named for slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk, who served four years in the Navy before being forced out, was christened and launched in San Diego Bay on Saturday.
The replenishment oiler USNS Harvey Milk slid down the shipyard ways after a bottle of champagne was smashed on the bow by former Navy officer Paula M. Neira, clinical programme director for the Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health.
Milk's nephew, Stuart Milk, and Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro watched the traditional ceremony.
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