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Mexican navy ship inexplicably went backwards before deadly crash into Brooklyn Bridge: officials

New York Post 02 Jul 2025
The Mexican navy tall ship that smashed into the Brooklyn Bridge in May was inexplicably sailing backwards — and picked up speed — before the fatal collision, according to officials ... The Mexican navy ...
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New details released on deadly Mexican Navy ship, Brooklyn Bridge collision

Usatoday 01 Jul 2025
Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge, killing at least 2. At least two sailors are dead and over a dozen were injured after a Mexican Navy ship crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge, according to authorities.
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Navy ship once named for slain gay rights activist in Mobile port

Dothan Eagle 28 Jun 2025
A Navy ship is in Mobile for maintenance only hours after receiving a new name from Pentagon officials. The fleet replenishment oiler U.S.N.S. Harvey Milk is now the USNS Oscar V. Peterson, named for a Medal of Honor winner who ... .
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'Taking politics out': Pete Hegseth rechristens US Navy ship named after gay rights leader; gives it World War II sailor's name

The Times of India 28 Jun 2025
US defense secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday (local time) announced the new name - USNS Oscar V Peterson - of USNS Harvey Milk, days after he directed the United States Navy to rename the ship.'We are ...
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Hegseth reveals new name for Navy ship that honored slain gay rights leader

CBS News 27 Jun 2025
The USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson in honor of a Navy chief watertender who died in World War II ... .
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Hegseth announces new name of US navy ship that honored gay rights icon Harvey Milk

The Guardian 27 Jun 2025
Defense secretary said the vessel will be renamed after Oscar V Peterson to take ‘politics out of ship naming’.
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Navy ship that honored gay rights icon to be renamed for Medal of Honor recipient

Stars and Stripes 27 Jun 2025
WASHINGTON — A Navy replenishment ship that previously honored a gay rights icon will be renamed to recognize a Navy chief who received the Medal of Honor, the Pentagon announced Friday.
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Hegseth directs renaming of Navy ship honoring LGBT icon Harvey Milk

The Spokesman-Review 27 Jun 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that a Navy vessel that recognizes gay rights icon Harvey Milk has been renamed, saying that ships should not be named for activists ... and Australian forces fought the Japanese navy.
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The Pentagon stripped the name of gay rights icon Harvey Milk from a Navy ship. ...

Business Insider 27 Jun 2025
Announcing that the Defense Department is finished with "political" ship names, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in a video message Friday that the Navy ship honoring gay rights icon Harvey Milk has a new name.
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Navy ship remains non-operational 15 months after acquisition

The Irish Times 26 Jun 2025
One of two naval ships acquired from New Zealand for €26 million remains non-operational over a year after arriving in Ireland ... The ships arrived in ...
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Renaming of Navy ship is wrong

Daily Gate City 24 Jun 2025
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PM: Greek Navy ships sent to monitor migrant vessels off Libya

Ekathimerini 23 Jun 2025
Greek Navy ships have been sent “preventatively” outside Libya’s territorial waters to monitor migrant flows, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday, during a regular meeting with the ...
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