The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier was in a collision with a merchant ship in the Mediterranean Sea near Egypt, the Navy said Thursday. There were no reports of injuries or floods after the collision, said a Navy spokesman in a statement.
The collision occurred on Wednesday night, near Port, Said, Egypt, according to a statement from the CMDR of the Navy. Timothy Gorman, spokesman for the sixth fleet.
The collision is under investigation.
The Truman was approaching the Suez Canal to move from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, a Navy official told CBS News. There is no evaluation at this time when the ship was to blame, said the official.
The Truman suffered some damage above the flotation line, said the official. It was not clear if it will go for repairs.
The carrier’s propulsion was not affected by the collision, the official said.
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The carrier’s attack group was in the Eastern Mediterranean after about two months of combat operations in the area of responsibility of the United States Central Command, which includes parts of the Middle East, according to the second fleet.
The strike group was carried out Air attacks against ISIS In Somalia on February 1, according to the command of the US Fleet forces. Last Thursday, the carrier arrived in Greece for a visit to the port of work.
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