US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is facing criticism following directives to rename US Navy ships named after civil rights leaders.

Documents obtained by CBS News revealed briefs to Navy Secretary John Phelan on how to roll out the timelines for renaming the USNS Harvey Milk, which derives its name from the assassinated navy veteran, civil rights, and gay rights leader.

The document also includes a “recommended list” of ships to rename, including USNS Cesar Chavez, USNS Medgar Evers, USNS Ruth Bader Ginsburg, USNS Dolores Huerta, USNS Thurgood Marshall, USNS Lucy Stone, and USNS Harriet Tubman.

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi described the change as a shameful and vindictive erasure of “those who fought to break down barriers for all to chase the American Dream.”

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