President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to rename a U.S. Navy ship. Is this a common practice?

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is set to rebrand the USNS Harvey Milk , a fleet replenishment oiler named after the California politician and Navy veteran, according to CBS News. Other news outlets have confirmed this report.

Milk served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors — becoming one of the first openly gay elected officials in the country — before his assassination in 1978.

When asked to comment on the report, a Pentagon spokesperson told CBS News that Hegseth “is committed to ensuring that the names attached to all DOD installations and assets are reflective of the Commander-in-Chief’s priorities, our nation’s history, and the warrior ethos.”

The defense secre

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