USS Harry S. Truman ship collision injury revealed in new pictures

New photographs reveal the extent of the injury the USS Harry S. Truman suffered this week when it collided with a service provider vessel close to Egypt within the Mediterranean Sea. 

The pictures launched Saturday by the Navy’s Sixth Fleet present a tear on the starboard facet of the plane provider, close to its stern. 

A pipe operating alongside the facet of the ship seems to be severely broken as nicely. 

“The Nimitz-class plane provider USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) was concerned in a collision with the service provider vessel Besiktas-M at roughly 11:46 p.m. native time, Feb. 12, whereas working within the neighborhood of Port Mentioned, Egypt, within the Mediterranean Sea,” the Navy’s Sixth Fleet Public Affairs stated in a press release earlier this week. 

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Exterior injury of the USS Harry S. Truman is considered from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter. (U.S. Navy picture by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jose Hernandez)

“The collision didn’t endanger the Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as there are not any experiences of flooding or accidents. The propulsion crops are unaffected and in a protected and secure situation,” it added. 

The Navy stated the incident is now “beneath investigation.” 

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The collision that the USS Harry S. Truman was concerned in on Wednesday, Feb. 12 stays beneath investigation. (U.S. Navy picture by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jose Hernandez)

The ship “supplies a variety of versatile mission capabilities to incorporate maritime safety operations, expeditionary energy projection, ahead naval presence, disaster response, sea management, deterrence, counter-terrorism, info operations and safety cooperation,” in response to the Navy. 

The USS Harry S. Truman plane provider was broken in a collision with service provider vessel Besiktas-M, Feb. 12, 2025, whereas working within the neighborhood of Port Mentioned, Egypt.  (U.S. Navy picture by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Cody Beam | U.S. Navy Photograph by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew Nass)

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“The ship’s embarked air wing is able to projecting tactical air energy over the ocean and inland, in addition to offering sea based mostly air, floor and subsurface protection capabilities,” it additionally stated.