SAN DIEGO (Nov. 6, 2021) Mr. Stuart Milk, nephew of the ship’s namesake and Co-Founder and President of the Harvey Milk Foundation, speaks at the christening and launch ceremony of USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206) Nov. 6, 2021, at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) shipyard. The ship’s namesake, Harvey Milk, was a civil and human rights leader and former U.S. naval officer who became one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class T. Logan Keown)