The first American military ship named after an LGBTQ icon is now sailing international waters and further honoring the legacy of the late gay San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk.
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VT: Real combat experience? Gays fight far better than hillbilly's. This was observed in Vietnam where gays in the Marine Corps peppered the most elite units. As always, certain details on US Navy vessels were always "gay only," a tradition that had gone on for a century or more.
The US Navy officially christened its newest ship Saturday morning, launching the USNS Harvey Milk. ABC 10News Reporter Jared Aarons was at the ceremony, where officials say the ship's name is a sign of the Navy's acceptance of LGBTQ sailors.