A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Harry S. Truman, collided with a merchant vessel in the Mediterranean Sea near Egypt, with no injuries or flooding reported. The crash is under investigation, breaking the Navy’s safety streak after recent collisions led to internal reckoning. The Truman Strike Group has been involved in launching attacks on Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen, with the collision marking the second major mishap during the carrier’s current deployment.
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