USA. US Navy ships are to have new names, Trump's administration is reviewing – Nancy Pelosia

Donald Trump's administration began reviewing the names of the Navy. If they do not fit into the “ethos of a warrior”, they will be changed – says the former announcer of the US representatives of Nancy Pelosia. The day before, the media reported that the change of name is to cover the USNS Harvey Milk, a ship named after a war veteran and at the same time a well -known activist for LGBT rights.

Politico reported, citing two sources in Pentagonthat information about the change of names of some American ships was to be made public on June 13. This week, however, the case was publicized by the media, informing about change of the name of the US Navy tanker – USNS Harvey Milk. On Tuesday, Nancy Pelosia, a democratic congressmen from California and former announcer of the Chamber of Representatives, said that the plans of the pentagon of shield names are to apply to more units.

Pelosia: A vindictive, malicious movement

The next ones are to be units bearing the names of the leaders of the Movement for Civil Rights. According to Pelosia, the president's administration USA Donald Trump began reviewing the names of the Navy. Those that do not fit into the “warrior's ethos” are to be changed.

“The decision to change the names of the USNS Harvey Milk and other ships by the Trump administration is a shameful, vindictive erasure of those who fought for breaking the barriers so that everyone can follow the American dream. Our army is the most powerful in the world, but this malicious movement does not strengthen our national security or warrior ethos” – Pelosia said in a statement on its website.

Pentagon changes the names of the ship

The CBS station informs that the American Navy is considering changing the names of other supply units, including Usns Thurgood Marshall, Usns Ruth Bader Ginsburg and USNS Harriet Tubman. Both Marshall and I Ginsburg were the judges of the Supreme Courtand Tubman with a black abolitionist who helped slaves to escape from the American South through the so -called “Underground Railway”, i.e. a network of roads, houses and people smuggling fugitives.

In the past, the US Navy has changed the names of its units. As in 2023, when at the request of Congress she was renamed the cruiser of the USS CHANCLLORSVILLE and the USNS Maury research ship. At Chancellorsville at the turn of April and May 1863, confederates from the rebellious southern states won a great victory over the north army. However, the ship is currently floating as USS Robert Smalls, named after the black slave, who during the same war abducted the confederation sailing ship and gave it to the Union's army.

The research ship, named after the Navy Oceanographer and the former confederate, Matthew Fontaine Maury, was renamed in turn to Usns Marie Tharp, in honor of a woman who developed the first professional maps of the Atlantic Ocean. President's administration Joe Biden She also removed the names of the confederation generals from the names of several military bases, but Trump in March had already ordered to restore earlier names.

Harvey Milk – who this

Harvey Milk is the leader of the movement for gay rights and a navy veteran from the time of the Korean war in 1978. His character, who returned this week to the first pages of newspapers, is recognizable all over the world thanks to the film “Citizen Milk” by Gus van Santa. The painting received two in 2010 Oscars for the best leading role (Sean Penn) and for the best original script (Dustin Lance Black). Currently The movie can be watched on the Max platformwhich belongs to the Warner Bros. group Discovery, owner of TVN24.