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Truman Repaired And Headed To Sea Soon

Wednesday, November 13th, 2019

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Truman Repaired And Headed To Sea Soon

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) arrives at the NATO Marathi Pier Complex in Souda Bay, Crete, Greece, during a scheduled port visit on Feb. 6, 2025. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Eder)

Repairs to the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) have been finished and the aircraft carrier will soon return to sea for operations, the Navy said Tuesday. The Navy started emergent maintenance for an electrical issue on CVN-75 in August. Last month, the commander of Naval Sea Systems Command Vice Adm. Thomas Moore told reporters preliminary data indicated the cause of electrical systems failures is not a class-wide issue and expected the repairs finished in weeks (Defense Daly, Oct. 22). Separately,…

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