
The Navy on Thursday said the commanding officer of the aircraft carrier that collided with a merchant vessel last week was relieved of command. The Nimitz-class carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) collided with the bulk carrier merchant vessel Mesiktas-M near Port Said, Egypt on Feb. 12. CVN-75 was headed back to the Red Sea while the merchant vessel was on its way to Constanta, Romania (Defense Daily, Feb. 13). Capt. Dave Snowden, commanding the ship since December 2023, was…