UsS Harry S. Truman Carrier collides with a commercial ship off Egypt

Navy officials said that the US marine aircraft carrier collides with a commercial ship in the Mediterranean Sea shortly before midnight on Wednesday near a port in Egypt.

UsS Harry S. TRUMAN, NIMITZ Class Carme He was working in the Red Sea During its publication under the US Central Command since December 14, he helped launch attacks in Yemen against the Houthi militias attacking ships and civilian ships associated with Israel.

There were no reports on floods or injuries on board Truman, and the navy said in a statement on Thursday that the shipping systems of the ship, which are operating by nuclear reactors on the plane, “were not affected, in a safe and stable condition.”

The navy also said that the accident was under investigation.

Ship tracking ships online reported that there were no injuries Advertising Besiktas-M ship, a large carrier built in 2003 and sailing under the Panamanian flag. The ship was traveling from the AQABA port in Jordan to Constanta, a port city in Romania of the Black Sea.

The collision near Port in Egypt is breaking a clear safety series for the American Navy when it comes to failure with commercial ships. Before Truman’s collision, the most prominent of which happened in 2017, and led to an internal account. Two of these collisions in the western Pacific killed 17 sailors that year. Marine investigations found that they “It could be avoided“The result of the crew errors.

These incidents led to Salama from all marine shipsAnd the commander of the seventh fleet in Japan, which oversees the maritime operations between the Indian Ocean and the International History Line, was Comfortable. Leader of the Marine Pacific Fleet Choose retirement after the collisionWhen he was told that he was no longer in the promotion line.

On June 17 of that year, Hit the UsS Fitzgerland ACX30,000 tons containing a container of the coast of Japan, tearing a hole in the destroyer body. Seven American sailors diedThe commander of the warships and the executive official Fire has been launched After the investigation.

Shortly after two months, a second destroyer, Uss John S. McCain, hit MC Alnic600 feet oil tanker, off the coast of Singapore, You are through the body of the warship. Ten naval sailors died When the places of living with sea water were flooded.

According to historical standards, the naval record was in recent decades.Very good,According to the 2022 report written by Samuel C. Cox, retired Admiral that leads the history of the naval and heritage.

The deadly collisions of the marine warships were Relatively rare. In 2004, USS John F. Kenneedy, a former TRUman aircraft carrier, collided with the Persian Gulf with a small traditional Arab sailing boat used mainly for transportation and fishing. The boat drowned immediately, and it is believed that all of them have died. Kennedy warplanes were damaged.

UsS Greeneville, a quick Los Angeles attack submarine, I collided with a Japanese fishing boatEhime Maru, off the coast of OAHU, Hawaii, in 2001, killing nine passengers on the fishing boat, including four high school students.

Truman made nine flying swarms began and accompanied by Tarrad and Master. Truman Strike Group has recently carried out the attacks on Iran -backed Houthi militias, according to the central leadership. The US military carried out a series of strikes against the Houthis, who suggested on Thursday that they would continue to attack Israel and ships in the Red Sea if the ceasefire collapsed in Gaza.

The collision on Wednesday was the second main incident known to publish Truman’s current.

On December 22, the Hornet f/A-18 fighter fly from Truman It was accidentally dropped By USS Gettysburg, the accompanying cruiser, during the mission of air refueling.