Compilation of the U.S.S Truman's many misadventure in the Middle East
Act 1: What could go wrong?
September 23 2024
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) departed on Sept. 23, 2024, from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., for a deployment to U.S. 6th Fleet.
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Truman’s deployment comes as the Hamas-Israel conflict has gone on for just shy of a year and tensions have persisted in the Red Sea amongst attacks by Houthi forces in Yemen on merchant shipping."
So we depart at the end of September, should be nice easy sail over to the meditirannian, should be a few months of not much going on
October 1 (I know it says the 4th in the picture, thats when article came out)
Petty Officer 1st Class Jelani Hill had a medical emergency unrelated to shipboard operations and died Tuesday
"Hill was treated in the ship’s intensive care unit but couldn’t be revived, according to the statement, which didn’t offer additional details. The Navy typically doesn’t release sailors’ medical and other personal information, citing privacy concerns."
An auspicious start but could be bad luck, healthy sailors stationed on nuclear aircraft carriers biff it for unknown reasons from time to time
Nah for real tho buddy probably had diabtus or somthing pretty normal and had a bad complication or who knows, dont think its anything other than a tragedy and a bad sign.
Act 2: We have arrived and we are ready to fight, maybe a little to much.
December 18th 2024
Carrier arrives in red sea without any further issues en route, after replenishment from arctic convoy first flight ops again yemen are preformed, no easy source of this is available because of what happens in the following days overshadowing it dramatically
December 22, 2024
On Dec. 22, 2024, an F/A-18F Super Hornet, embarked aboard USS Harry S. Truman, was shot down in what the U.S. Central Command called “an apparent case of friendly fire”.
Here’s the full statement released by CENTCOM:
"Two U.S. Navy pilots ejected safely over the Red Sea during the early morning hours of December 22 when their F/A-18 fighter aircraft was shot down in an apparent case of friendly fire.
The guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64), which is part of the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, mistakenly fired on and hit the F/A-18, which was flying off the USS Harry S. Truman.
Both pilots were safely recovered. Initial assessments indicate that one of the crew members sustained minor injuries. This incident was not the result of hostile fire, and a full investigation is underway."
One last additional detail from the article that will become relevant later on;
"While CENTCOM’s statement didn’t name the specific squadron, the fact that the crew members aboard the jet were two implies that the aircraft was a two-seat Super Hornet. The only squadron of CVW-1 flying the F/A-18F is is the “Red Rippers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, based out of Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia."
Day 4 on site and smoking one of your own 60 million dollar jets is always a bad look but hey, who among us have been perfect?
February 6, 2025
4 day leave at Greece for liberty port visit, well deserved break after 2 months and some change of not 1 major fuck up, we hope the valiant Truman can keep up the good work in the new year!
February 12th, 2025
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 carrier did not experience flooding and the crew did not report injuries, Cmdr. Tim Gorman, the spokesperson for U.S. 6th Fleet, said in a statement.
Truman‘s propulsion plants are unaffected. The collision, which occurred at approximately 11:45 p.m. on Wednesday, is under investigation. The damage is above the waterline of the carrier, a Navy official told USNI News. No aircraft aboard the deck were damaged, another Navy official said."
Must have been sailing without the headlights on, who knows thought, maybe its the freighters fault!
February 20th, 2025
Capt. Dave Snowden was removed from command of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) on Thursday, according to a Congressional notification reviewed by USNI News and confirmed by a Navy official.
"According to the notification, Snowden was removed due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command following the Feb. 12 collision between
Truman and the merchant vessel MV
Besiktas-M off the coast Egypt, near the entrance to the Suez Canal."
Sheeeet, must have been a woman or a black or something like that?
Dammit Dave, are you atleast new?
"Snowden is a 1996 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and a career fighter pilot. Prior to
Truman, he was
Truman’s executive officer and commanded amphibious warship USS
San Antonio (LPD-17)."
Fuck me dave, well atleast they are putting a much better more comptient individual in charge to replace you right Dave? Dave...?
"In a staement following an earlier version of this post, the Navy said the commander of USS
Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) Capt. Christopher “Chowdah” Hill will command
Truman in the interim."
Hope Chowdah knows how to steer a ship
Act 3: New Captain New Ship?
Aprils 28, 2025
An F/-18E Super Hornet assigned to the carrier air wing embarked aboard aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) was lost at sea during a towing incident in the hangar bay Monday, according to a Navy announcement.
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Truman was conducting an “evasive maneuver” during the incident, a U.S. defense official confirmed to USNI News on Monday. A second defense official told USNI News the Super Hornet was being loaded onto the aircraft elevator on
Truman when the strike fighter slid over the edge."
Ohh Chowdah, you may wanna shout down the old horn to hold off on spinning planes around near giant open doors before drifting the ship but hey im not the temporary captain you are, just try not to loose any more f-18s in preventable ways they are 60-70 mil a pop and its going to start looking like we dont know what we are doing.
May 6th, 2025
An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) went overboard on Tuesday during an attempted landing on the aircraft carrier, a defense official confirmed to USNI News.
"The two-seat Super Hornet, assigned to the
“Red Rippers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, came in for a night landing around 9 p.m. local time when the hook of the aircraft failed to catch the arresting wire on the aircraft carrier." “The arrestment failed, causing the aircraft to go overboard. Both aviators safely ejected and were rescued by a helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 11, the defense official said. “The aviators were evaluated by medical personnel and assessed to have minor injuries. No flight deck personnel were injured.”
Chowdah we JUST talked about this, thats 2 in the same squadron now my goodness we are littering the red sea with them at this point, do they have bombs on the still Chowdah?
I think the people at Reuters summed it up best below
