The Navy is reporting a 190ft bulk carrier ship built in 2003, the BESIKTAS-M operating under a Panamanian flag, has collided with the American flagship aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman.
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Besiktas-M at approximately 11:46 p.m. local time, Feb. 12, while operating in the vicinity of Port Said, Egypt, in the Mediterranean Sea.
Currently the report reads that the Truman’s nuclear power plants were unaffected, with no injuries or flooding. Questions surround how and why the BESIKTAS-M failed its navigational requirements.