US Navy Evacuates Virus-struck Aircraft Carrier Roosevelt
Umer Jamshaid Published April 02, 2020 | 11:20 AM
Washington, April 2 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 2nd Apr, 2020 ) :The US Navy is evacuating thousands of sailors from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in Guam after its captain warned a coronavirus outbreak was threatening the lives of the crew.
There have been 93 COVID-19 cases discovered among the 4,800-strong Roosevelt crew so far, according to the US Navy.
Pentagon officials said Wednesday they were rapidly arranging hotel rooms on the Pacific island for many of the personnel, while organizing a skeleton team of uninfected sailors to keep the ship operational.
"The plan at this time is to remove as many people off the Teddy Roosevelt as we can, understanding that we have to leave a certain amount of folks on-board to perform normal watch-standing duties that keep the ship running," Rear Admiral John Menoni, commander for the Marianas region, told reporters in Guam on Wednesday.
Speaking in Washington, Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said that almost 1,000 of the crew had been removed, and that that number would rise to 2,700 within a couple days, and more after that.
But they need to retain around 1,000 on board just to maintain the vessel, as it undergoes a thorough sterilization.
"We cannot and will not remove all the sailors from the ship," Modly said.
"This ship has weapons on it, it has munitions on it, it has expensive aircraft, and has a nuclear power plant," he said.
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