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| Commanding officer of nuclear-powered US Navy aircraft carrier relieved of duty after crash with merchant ship |
| 2025-02-21 |
| [NY Post] The hammer falls The commanding officer of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that slammed into a ship near Egypt last week was yanked from the position "due to a loss of confidence in his ability," the Navy said Thursday. Capt. Dave Snowden was "relieved" of his job at the helm of the USS Harry S. Truman and temporarily reassigned following the wild crash in the Mediterranean Sea on Feb. 12, according to the military branch. "The U.S. Navy holds commanding officers to the highest standard and takes action to hold them accountable when those standards are not met," the Navy said in a statement. Snowden was replaced by Capt. Christopher Hill, and temporarily assigned to Naval Air Forces Atlantic. No injuries were reported during the crash, which unfolded near Port Said at 11:46 p.m. Related: USS Harry S. Truman 02/20/2025 Puntland Forces Capture ISIS Members Involved in Extortion and Bombings USS Harry S. Truman 02/19/2025 Aircraft Carrier USS Harry S. Truman In Greece For Repairs Following Collision USS Harry S. Truman 02/16/2025 Mohammed al-Houthi warns for unprecedented Yemeni military response to US plans for Gaza displacement |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #5 Regarding paint and appearances: Was in an outfit where the skipper mandated complete repainting of our aircraft every ‘corrosion inspection,’ but gave no time to address said corrosion. And the standard Navy dark green (part of squadron insignia) wasn’t good enough for him; did an ‘open purchase’ of 50 gallons of a Peterbilt green. Pretty airplanes, from 25 feet, up close they were ate up. Yeah we failed post cruise corrosion inspection. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2025-02-21 08:54 |
| #4 ...and temporarily reassigned i.e. to fill out his retirement papers. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-02-21 07:56 |
| #3 One of the by products of "optimized manning", i.e. cutting down on extra personel, is that you don't have extra bodies around to do extra maintenance. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2025-02-21 07:27 |
| #2 I read somewhere that the Navy had gone to an ecologically clean paint or something politically correct, and it just doesn’t wear nearly as well as the stuff they used to use. I imagine they’ll be switching back under the new priorities. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2025-02-21 01:33 |
| #1 The pictures I've seen of that vessel looked like crap. Did Biden so gut the military that we don't even have money for upkeep and paint? |
| Posted by: Crusader 2025-02-21 00:53 |