The Navy assessment of the USS Harry S. Truman, damaged last week in a collison with a freighter, will cover the carrier’s hull and bulkheads to ensure they can bear weight. The collision left scrapes and gashes along the right back end,

The commander of the USS Harry S Truman was relieved of command a week after the Navy aircraft carrier collided with a merchant ship.

The captain of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that slammed into a ship near Egypt last week was yanked from the position “due to a loss of confidence in his ability,” the US Navy said Thursday. Capt.

The aircraft carrier that collided with a merchant tanker off the coast of Egypt pulled into Souda Bay, Greece, for repairs, U.S. 6th Fleet announced on Sunday. The Navy’s Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center will assess the repairs needed on USS Harry S.

The US Navy has relieved the commander of an aircraft carrier that collided with a mercantile vessel in the Mediterranean Sea near the entrance to the Suez Canal.

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and a merchant ship collided Wednesday while operating in Egypt’s Port Said.

Capt. Dave Snowden was relieved Feb. 20 due to "a loss of confidence in his ability to command." There were no injuries in the collision eight days ago.

The Navy announced the firing barely a week after the massive USS Harry S. Truman struck another ship while at sea.

The commanding officer of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was relieved of his duty on Thursday, just over a week after the vessel collided with a merchant ship.

Capt. Dave Snowden, who was in charge of the USS Harry S. Truman when the aircraft carrier collided with a merchant ship, has been fired, the Navy announced.

Capt. Dave Snowden, commander of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, was relieved of duty Thursday due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command. The Truman was involved in a collision Feb.