The Navy has sent congressional notification that it intends to name a new oiler ship after slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk, a U.S. Navy official confirmed Friday to CNN. The Navy is declining to comment further until the official naming announcement. Harvey Milk was a San Francisco politician and gay rights activist. He was murdered in 1978. The notification sent July 14 was signed by Navy
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