A US Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Harry Truman, collided with a merchant vessel in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt. Despite the impact, there were no reported injuries or flooding onboard the aircraft carrier. The incident is under investigation.
An investigation is underway following a collision between a US aircraft carrier and a large merchant vessel in the Mediterranean Sea . The incident occurred just before midday on Wednesday, February 12, off the coast of Egypt , when the USS Harry Truman reportedly struck the 53,000-tonne merchant ship Besiktas-M.
The statement from the US Navy's Sixth Fleet confirmed the collision, stating that the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel at approximately 11:46 p.m. local time, February 12, while operating in the vicinity of Port Said, Egypt, in the Mediterranean Sea. The 100,000-tonne aircraft carrier is understood to have hit the Panamanian-flagged cargo vessel. There have been no reports of injuries or flooding aboard the Harry S. Truman, which has an estimated crew of about 5,000 sailors. Cmdr. Timothy Gorman, a spokesperson for the US Sixth Fleet, assured that the collision did not endanger the Truman. 'There are no reports of flooding or injuries,' he stated. 'The propulsion plants are unaffected and in a safe and stable condition. The incident is under investigation. More information will be released as it becomes available.' The Harry S. Truman had recently been operating in the Red Sea, where it was deployed as part of protecting shipping lanes from attacks by Houthi rebels operating in Yemen. It arrived at a naval base on the Greek island of Crete earlier this week. The stop in Greece was a rare pause in operations as the vessel has been near-constantly in operations to defend shipping lanes using the Suez Canal. Houthis have carried out attacks in the region in support of the terrorist organization Hamas, which has recently been at war with Israel.
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