U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is now in port in Greece for repairs following a collision with the cargo ship M/V Besiktas-M this past week. The Navy announced yesterday that Truman had arrived at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Souda Bay in Greece for what it has described as an Emergent Repair Availability (ERAV).

The aircraft carrier that collided with a merchant tanker off the coast of Egypt pulled into Souda Bay, Greece, for repairs, U.S. 6th Fleet announced on Sunday. The Navy’s Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center will assess the repairs needed on USS Harry S.

No information was immediately available about how the collision occurred or how badly the merchant vessel was damaged.

The U.S.S. Harry S. Truman, which had launched airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen, struck a commercial vessel near Port Said on Wednesday, Navy officials said.

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), the flagship of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, collided with M/V Besiktas-M on Wednesday evening near Port Said, Egypt, in the Mediterranean Sea, the Navy said Thursday.

The aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Besiktas-M on Wednesday night while operating in the Mediterranean Sea, service officials said. The incident occurred in the vicinity of Port Said,

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman collided with a Panama-flagged bulk carrier on 12 February in the Mediterranean Sea.

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman sustained external damages to its right side after colliding with a merchant vessel last week near Port Said, Egypt.