While the loss of three Super Hornets, costing the Navy roughly $180 million, alone is bad enough, USS Harry S Truman also suffered from a collision during its deployment. In February, the carrier ...

Altogether, the vessels sailed over 240,000 nautical miles during the lengthy deployment. USS Harry S. Truman returns to US after months of battling Houthis ...

From November 2023 until January 2025, the Houthis targeted more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two of them and killing four sailors.

The Feb. 12 collision left Truman with scrapes and gashes along the ship’s right, or starboard, back end, including a small slash that penetrated its hull well above the waterline.

The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is finally headed home from an eventful deployment. A defense official said the ship was in the Mediterranean after recently leaving the Red Sea.