The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman returned to the Middle East this week after a stay at a Navy base in Greece for repairs following a collision with a cargo vessel in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

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The Norfolk-based carrier USS Harry S. Truman has returned to duty following a crash with a smaller ship while in the Mediterranean Sea.

Sailors worked with maintenance personnel, the Navy’s shipyard in Norfolk, Va., and a Greek ship repair company to assess damage, develop a repair plan, and restore weathertight integrity to the ship following a collision on Feb.

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.

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,

Capt. Dave Snowden, who was in charge of the USS Harry S. Truman when the aircraft carrier collided with a merchant ship, has been fired, the Navy announced.

Capt. Dave Snowden has been reassigned in the wake of a collision with a merchant vessel while he was commanding the USS Harry Truman.

Capt. Dave Snowden's relief comes one week after the carrier collided with a merchant vessel while operating in the Mediterranean Sea.

This post has been updated with an additional statement from the Navy. The commander of the aircraft carrier that collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Egypt last week has been removed from command,