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The Navy relieved the commanding officer of the carrier Harry S. Truman due to a “loss of confidence in his ability to command,” the service announced on Thursday.

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 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,

After a collision in the Mediterranean Sea, USS Harry S. Truman has arrived at U.S. Naval Support Activity Souda Bay in Greece on Sunday for repairs.

The Navy relieved the commanding officer of the carrier Harry S. Truman due to a “loss of confidence in his ability to command,” the service announced on Thursday.

Capt. Dave Snowden will be temporarily assigned to Naval Air Forces Atlantic. The Navy cited a loss of confidence in his ability to command as their reasoning to relieve him.

This post has been updated to correct the hull number of USS Stockdale (DDG-106) USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) completed a series of emergency repairs after a collision with a merchant ship and is now back underway in the Eastern Mediterranean,

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is back at sea conducting routine operations after a week or so in port in Greece for repairs. Truman collided with the cargo ship M/V Besiktas-M in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt’s Port Said earlier this month.

The commanding officer of USS Truman aircraft carrier was fired after the collision with a merchant vessel off Egypt. Capt. Dave Snowden, commanding