US Navy Aircraft Carrier Truman Collides With Ship in Mediterranean, Officials Say

The ship was not ‘endangered’ and no injuries were reported.

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman transiting the Arabian Sea on March 18, 2020. U.S. Navy photo by Aircrew Survival Equipmentman 1st Class Brandon C. Cole

The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier was involved in a collision with a merchant ship in the Mediterranean Sea near Egypt, officials confirmed on Feb. 13.

In a statement released by the U.S. Navy’s U.S. Sixth Fleet public affairs office, the Nimitz-class carrier collided with the Besiktas-M ship at about 11:46 p.m. local time on Feb. 12 near Port Said, Egypt.