U.S. aircraft carrier collides with merchant ship in Mediterranean Sea.
U.S. aircraft carrier collides with merchant ship in Mediterranean Sea.
The USS Harry Truman collided with a merchant ship in the Mediterranean Sea near Port Said, Egypt, on Wednesday evening.
No injuries or ship flooding have been reported by Navy officials.
This can't possibly be unintentional right?
Remember an aircraft carrier is not just an airport on a ship, it's also the intelligence center and CIC of the entire battle group, so an aircraft carrier is equipped with literally the best radar and sensor suites of any vessel in the entire navy, that combined with the sheer number of people that will be on watch duty on such a massive ship, there is simply no possibility it could somehow "accidentally miss" a cargo ship to a point where a collision could happen.
While on the other side, Suez canal is some of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, so all cargo vessels follow strictly prescribed paths when leaving the canal, there's no reason for one single exiting ship among a swarm of them to have gone out its way to have a chance to collide with an incoming vessel, one that's has the best sensor suite as well as some of the most powerful propulsion capabilities.
Am I missing something here???
The collision occurred while they were transiting the anchorage outside the canal. There was a ton of traffic.
Check out my man Sal's overview of the situation: https://youtu.be/OqRe-ouavjw
Thanks, very informative.
Did Trump fire the navigator?
Something about this just doesn’t make sense. Aircraft carriers aren’t lone ships out on the seas. They’re surrounded by a small fleet of destroyers and frigates meant to protect them. How did this ship manage to slink past said fleet and collide with the carrier?
Well that one's clear;it was by the canal
This is what happens when you put DUI hires at the top.
Saw on another source neither the US carrier or its support destroyer were broadcasting their beacons. According to that source this is allowed when air operations are occurring, but there's no indication they were, so the US ships should have been broadcasting.
*were not broadcasting
*were not broadcasting
Incorrect to what I was trying to communicate.
*were not performing air operations.
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www.thecentersquare.com U.S. aircraft carrier collides with merchant ship in Mediterranean Sea Sarah Roderick-Fitch | The Center Square 2 - 3 minutes
(The Center Square) – The USS Harry Truman collided with a merchant ship in the Mediterranean Sea near Port Said, Egypt, on Wednesday evening.
No injuries or ship flooding have been reported by Navy officials.
The U.S. Sixth Fleet Public Affairs released a statement confirming the collision involved the merchant vessel Besiktas-M.
According to the Sixth Fleet's statement, “The collision did not endanger the Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as there are no reports of flooding or injuries. The propulsion plants are unaffected and in a safe and stable condition. The incident is under investigation.”
Port Said is located at the entrance to the Suez Canal on the Mediterranean. Navy officials have not disclosed if the 100,000-ton nuclear-powered carrier was transiting the canal at the time of the collision, which occurred at around 11:45 p.m. local time.
The Truman, homeported in Norfolk, Va., deployed in September 2024 and, according to the ship’s social media, most recently held a port visit in Greece. The ship has a crew of approximately 5,000 sailors and Marines.
In the summer of 2017, the Navy experienced two ship collisions between two merchant ships, both occurring in the Seventh Fleet's area of responsibility.
In June 2017, the USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), a destroyer, collided with the ACX Crystal, a Philippine-flagged container ship just over 60 miles southwest of Yokosuka, Japan, home of the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet. The collision resulted in the deaths of seven sailors. Several factors were blamed for the collision, including lack of communication and crew fatigue.
In August 2017, the USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), a destroyer, collided with the Alnic MC, a Liberian-flagged tanker, off the coast of Singapore. The collision resulted in the deaths of 10 sailors. The primary cause for that collision was blamed on “insufficient training, inadequate bridge operating procedures,” and lack of operational oversight, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
Both ships were operating near Port Said, Egypt, at the time, Gorman said in a brief news release.
This is a super busy area. Port Said is at the Mediterranean entrance of the Suez Canal, so both ships were probably in designated navigation channels which would mean restricted maneuvering...
There should have been a bunch of people on the Truman actively watching everything if that were the case. I wonder if we'll get to see any of the deck camera footage.
How/why was a merchant ship allowed to be anywhere near an aircraft carrier? Did the US learn nothing from the USS Cole?
It's pretty crowded around the suez canal.
Port Said is the entrance to the Suez canal. Ships congregate there while waiting to transit.
Yeah, I get that. Standard operating procedure for something as valuable as an aircraft carrier should still be to schedule transit so that it can sit in a position protected by escorts until it is it's turn to go.
Realistically, the carrier should probably have half it's escorts go first and form a protective envelope on the destination side before it enters, then the remaining escorts follow providing rear cover.
A ship getting there by accident means someone also could have done it on purpose without the crew knowing it was an attack (this time)
Its sloppy at best, neglegent at worst and not a good look either way.
Pete Hegseth was allowed to drive. And he was shitfaced.
Waiting for them to blame it on DEI
There is a picture in this thread. The merchant ship was indeed black.
After what I've seen at sea, I'm gonna guess that's the merchant vessel's fault.
I guess this will be the excuse for them to start shooting down, sinking and attacking any ship that comes near their aircraft carriers now, regardless if who is or isn't in the right.
To the US Navy, the merchant ship didn't collide with an aircraft carrier ... the merchant could have been trying to attack and destroy the aircraft carrier.
For those interested ..... have a look at https://www.marinetraffic.com/
Port Said is literally a beehive of ships
What the hell is a US aircraft carrier doing in Egypt?
Uhh, whatever it wants.
Using the Suez Canal?
Port Said is where the Suez Canal entrance is. There’s tons of ships there in close proximity, waiting to transit the canal.
Probably heading to or from the Red Sea via the Suez Canal
Putting taxpayer dollars to work, cousin!