USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier collides with a merchant ship in the Mediterranean Sea near Egypt
USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier was in a collision with a merchant ship in Mediterranean Sea near EgyptNavy announced on Thursday. There were no reports of injuries or floods after the collision, a Navy spokesman said in a statement.
The collision happened late Wednesday night near Port, he said, Egypt, the Navy CMDR statement said. Timothy Gorman, spokesman 6. fleet.
The collision is under investigation.
Truman was approaching the Suez channel to move from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, the Navy official of the CBS News told the Navy. At this point, there is no evaluation that the vessel is to blame, the official said.
Truman suffered a certain damage above the water line, the official said. It was not clear if he would go for repairs.
The driver was not influenced by the collision, the official said.
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The carrier’s site was in the eastern Mediterranean after about two months of combat operations in the field of responsibility of the United States Central Command, which includes parts of the Middle East, according to another fleet.
The Strike Group performed Air attacks against ISIS in Somalia on February 1, under the command of the US fleet. Last Thursday, the carrier arrived in Greece to visit the work port.
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