Doris Miller was the first African American service member to be awarded the Navy Cross medal. The plans were first reported by CNN, citing three unnamed sources familiar with the talks, which said ...

*Cory Booker is moving to stop President Donald Trump’s name from potentially replacing Black World War II hero Doris Miller’s on a future U.S. aircraft carrier, introducing three bills aimed at ...

"That isn't honoring the Navy. It's vandalizing its history." ...

The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honour a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, sources told CNN.

Rumors that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration intended to rename a U.S. Navy vessel that was originally named after a Black World War II hero circulated online in August 2026. The ...

The Navy has revised the projected delivery date of the aircraft carrier USS Doris Miller to 2034 — two years later than previously expected. The new date for delivery of the fourth Gerald R.

Reports that the U.S. Navy is considering renaming the future USS Doris Miller aircraft carrier and potentially naming it after President Donald Trump have sparked criticism from lawmakers and ...

The Navy is reportedly considering renaming an aircraft carrier originally intended to honor World War II hero Doris Miller. President Donald Trump is among the names under consideration. The ...

WACO, Texas (KWKT) — The name of Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller could be removed from one of the U.S. Navy’s next aircraft carriers, with President Trump’s name reportedly among those being considered ...

(CNN) – The U.S. Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, three sources ...

In the rigidly segregated Navy of 1941, Doris “Dorie” Miller’s place as a Black man was as a messman collecting laundry in the bottom of the battleship USS West Virginia. When the sharecropper’s son ...

When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Doris Miller was doing laundry below decks of the USS West Virginia, a 32,600-ton Colorado-class battleship. During the battle, the USS West ...