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US aircraft carrier damaged after collision near Suez Canal

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The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman collided with the merchant ship Besiktas-M near Port Said in the Mediterranean Sea. The incident damaged several rooms on board the American ship.

US aircraft carrier damaged after collision near Suez Canal

The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier has sustained visible damage in a collision in the Mediterranean Sea. It collided with the merchant ship Besiktas-M  the day before. UNN writes with reference to ABC News.

A collision has occurred in the Mediterranean Sea, causing significant damage to a US aircraft carrier. The incident took place in the evening near Port Said, Egypt, in the Mediterranean Sea.

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) collided with the merchant ship Besiktas-M at approximately 23:46 local time on February 12, while off Port Said, Egypt, in the Mediterranean Sea

- the US Navy's Sixth Fleet said in a statement.

The US Navy's assessment found damage to two storage areas aboard the ship, as well as a maintenance room, a line handling room, an external platform, and a fan-trop. 

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A U.S. official confirmed that the collision occurred as the aircraft carrier left Port Said, waiting to enter the Suez Canal for transit back to the Red Sea.

The collision was a rare instance of two large ships colliding: A 100,000-ton aircraft carrier collided with the 53,000-ton merchant ship Besiktas-M, a Panamanian-flagged cargo vessel.

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