#uss harry truman aircraft carrier

[usafphantom2]

Photos released today of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) conducting flight operations in the Mediterranean Sea after a collision with the Panamanian-flagged cargo vessel M/V Besiktas-M near Egypt back on February 12.

“Fully mission capable.”

@sentdefender via X

[judgemark45]

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier of the USN,named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. She is homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Truman was launched on 7 September 1996 by Newport News Shipbuilding,Virginia, and commissioned on 25 July 1998 with Captain Thomas Otterbein in command. The HSTCSG includes the flagship USS Harry S. Truman, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 28, the USS Gettysburg (CG 64), and the USS Stout (DDG 55) and USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109). The HSTCSG's deployment was intended to support maritime security and stability in the Middle East region

[cksonjoy]

US Navy aircraft carrier collides with merchant ship near Suez Canal

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was involved in a collision with a merchant ship near Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday night, a Navy spokesperson said Thursday. play the videos

[manversus]

USS Harry S. Truman Involved in Collision at Sea > U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa / U.S. Sixth Fleet > News

MEDITERRANEAN SEA –

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.

The collision did not endanger the Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as there are no reports of flooding or injuries. The propulsion plants are unaffected and in a safe and stable condition. The incident is under investigation. More information will be released as it becomes available.

[wherepond]

Houthis attacked American aircraft carrier & Israel

On 17 January 2025, Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for rocket and drone attacks on Israeli cities and the US aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman in the Red Sea.

The Houthis, expressing solidarity with Palestinians, vowed to continue operations against Israel and its allies.

The group also targeted key shipping routes in the region.

In related news, a secret airstrip near Socotra Island, suspected to be built by the UAE, is nearing completion, potentially for military operations related to anti-Houthi efforts.

[todays-problematic-ship]

Today’s Problematic Ship is the USS Harry S. Truman

The USS Harry S. Truman is a Nimitz-class nuclear powered aircraft carrier. Late at night, local time, on February 12, 2025, near Port Said, Egypt, the northern mouth of the Suez Canal, the 332 m, 100 000 tonne warship collided with the M/V Besiktas-M. The latter is a Panama-flagged, 188.5 m, 53000 tonne bulk carrier. As of February 13, the extent of the damage to either ship is unknown, but there are so far no reports of casualties aboard.

[phobic-human]

We will never abandon Gaza" — Listen to Osama Al-Farran, a Yemeni journalist denouncing the US-UK aggression and reaffirming Yemen's support for Gaza.

After imposing an ultimatum on israel for blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza, Ansarallah reintroduced the naval blockade on Israeli ships in the Red Sea. In response, on March 15, Trump announced the beginning of attacks on Yemen in defense of American interests, freedom of navigation, and to deter enemies. In response the Yemeni Armed Forces targeted Washington’s aircraft carrier the USS Harry Truman twice in 24 hours.

The US-UK attack on Yemen is taking place through the support of Arab states, among them Qatar, which is allowing aircraft to use Al Udeid Air Base, the largest US base in the Middle East. According to the Yemeni Minister of Health, the number of victims has risen to 151 martyrs and wounded, including women and children.

[beardedmrbean]

Iran has ordered military personnel to leave Yemen, abandoning its Houthi allies as the US escalates an air strike campaign against the rebel group.

A senior Iranian official said the move aimed to avoid direct confrontation with the US if an Iranian soldier was killed.

The official said Iran was also scaling back its strategy of supporting a network of regional proxies to focus on the direct threats from the US instead.

Tehran’s primary concern, the source said, was “Trump and how to deal with him”.

“Every meeting is dominated by discussions about him, and none of the regional groups we previously supported are being discussed,” the source said.

There have been near-daily attacks on the Houthis from the US since group chat messages from senior Trump officials discussing the strikes were leaked to the media last month.

The strikes, which Donald Trump described as “unbelievably successful”, have destroyed important military targets and killed commanders.

A Pentagon spokesman said more warplanes would be sent to the region but did not provide specific details.

However the US’s 124th Fighter Wing announced late last month it was sending “multiple” A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack aircraft and 300 airmen to the Middle East.

A Russian military expert in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, is also believed to be advising the Houthis on how to carry out their attacks while preventing them from targeting Saudi Arabia.

The kingdom has bombarded Houthi forces in Yemen since intervening in its civil war in 2015, and has hosted high-level talks between the US and Russia over a potential ceasefire in Ukraine.

The Houthi rebels have said they have been attacking US warships in the Red Sea, including the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman, which has been leading efforts to strike the rebel group.

No ships have been hit yet, but the US Navy said the Houthi fire was the heaviest its sailors have faced since World War II.

The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier, currently in Asia, is also on its way to the Middle East to support Truman.

The regime source in Iran said: “The view here is that the Houthis will not be able to survive and are living their final months or even days, so there is no point in keeping them on our list.

“They were part of a chain that relied on Nasrallah [the former secretary-general of Hezbollah] and Assad, and keeping only one part of that chain for the future makes no sense.”

Mr Trump has been ratcheting up pressure on Iran to come to the table and discuss limiting its nuclear programme. Last week Mr Trump moved stealth B-2 bombers to the US-UK Diego Garcia military base in the Chagos Islands.

The US position on Iran and the Middle East has radically shifted since Mr Trump came into power.

Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa programme at the Chatham House International Affairs Think Tank, said the increase in US strikes on Yemen was the Trump administration’s attempt to distance itself from the previous administration.

Joe Biden removed the Houthis’ designation as a terror organisation in 2021 – a decision Mr Trump reversed in January.

“Trump is trying to prove that he is more effective at ending and solving conflicts than the Biden administration was,” said Ms Vakil.

“[The strikes are] connected to the maximum pressure campaign that he has endorsed and he wants to simultaneously send a message to Iran and to the axis of resistance that his administration is going to take a bolder approach to destabilising regional activities.”

Mahmoud Shehrah, a former Yemeni diplomat and current associate fellow at the Chatham House, said the US had a “defensive strategy” against the Houthis during Joe Biden’s time in office.

From Amman, Jordan’s capital city, Mr Shehrah told The Telegraph: “The previous miscalculation about the Houthis in the US had made Trump carry heavier strikes against them now and [the US] have started to target individuals and key actors of them.”

He said weapons the Houthis possess are more sophisticated, which makes them more powerful than other non-state actors in Iran’s proxy groups across the Middle East.

Mr Shehrah added: “After the collapse of Hezbollah and Assad’s regime, the Houthis are now on the front line and they have been conducting very intensive attacks – they are escalating and taking adventure because it makes their political life longer in Yemen, according to their own calculation.”

“They get missiles and drones from Iran and rebrand them with Houthi names because they don’t want to show they have links with Iran because of domestic propaganda.”

Israel’s successes against Hamas and Hezbollah, key nodes in Iran’s network of proxies, have created an opportunity to weaken the Islamic regime’s influence.

Analysts also believe Iran’s failed missile strikes on Israel last year have damaged Iran’s ability to present a credible deterrence against external attacks, and also weakened the morale of its allies.

Israel’s military has destroyed much of Hamas’ infrastructure in Gaza, and inflicted heavy losses on Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Iran also failed to protect Bashar al-Assad, the former Syrian president and a key ally, against a rapid rebel offensive that overthrew the dictator in December.

With Hezbollah’s influence diminished, the Houthis have tried to take its place in leading the fight against Israel.

Since the Hamas-led Oct 7 attacks on Israel in 2023, the Houthis have improved their tactics and missile capabilities and built a strong public image.

They control Sanaa, print money, collect taxes, divert aid, smuggle drugs, sell weapons to terror groups in Africa and disrupt international shipping routes in the Red Sea.

They also have a geographic advantage. Yemen’s mountainous terrain, similar to Afghanistan, helps them hide stockpiles of missiles and drones in caves and underground.

Mr Shehrah said: “They are not experienced like Hezbollah but are more aggressive and more dangerous at the same time – Abdul Malik al-Houthi has an ambition of leading the axis of resistance.

“Yemeni streets are full of anger – the Houthis are not paying salaries and have absolute taxation with zero representation so the social base for the Houthis is not very strong, that’s why they rely on the Gaza war.”

[dertaglichedan]

US warships shot down around a dozen drones fired by Yemen's Houthi terrorists 'well before' they could pose a threat, a senior defence official revealed just hours after the rebels claimed to have mounted an attack.

American F-16 and F-18 fighter aircraft have shot down 11 drones fired by the terror group since President Donald Trump approved an order for air strikes over Yemen on Saturday night, Fox News reported.

The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the drones did not come close to the Harry S Truman aircraft carrier, which has played a key role in the latest military action.

Tracking also showed at least one Houthi missile failed in flight and splashed down in the waters off Yemen.

The US military took no action because it was not deemed a threat, the official said.

News of the drones being disarmed comes in the wake of Houthi terrorists claiming to have attacked the Harry S Truman aircraft carrier - as well as several American warships - in the Red Sea.

The Iran-backed terror group said, without offering evidence, that they attacked the Truman and its warships with ballistic missiles and drones in response to US attacks.

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said on Sunday: 'The armed forces, with the help of God Almighty, carried out a qualitative military operation targeting the American aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and its accompanying warships in the northern Red Sea, using 18 ballistic and cruise missiles and drones in a joint operation carried out by the missile force, Drone Air Force and the naval forces.'

[lost-boy-into-the-upper-heavenly]

The Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) making her way down the Elizabeth River after departing the Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

For a ship the size of a supercarrier, navigating the river is no small feat. A cloud of silt can be seen behind the carrier, stirred up by her massive screws. Tugs maintain close formation around the carrier, ready to step in if needed.

After navigating the river, the carrier will return to her base at Naval Station Norfolk at Hampton Roads.

At the top of the photo, the stern and upperworks of the Iowa class battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) can be seen.

[judgemark45]

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) transit the Atlantic Ocean, marking the first time a Ford-class and a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier operated together underway, 4 June 2020.

[athena5898]

(The Cradle) In response to 47 US airstrikes carried out overnight, Yemeni Armed Forces announces that it targeted US aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and its accompanying warships in the northern Red Sea.

The attack involved 18 ballistic and cruise missiles along with drones in a coordinated strike by Yemen's missile, air, and naval forces.

Military spokesman Yahya Saree warned that all US warships in the Red and Arabian Seas would remain targets in response to ongoing aggression, while also reaffirming their naval blockade on Israeli vessels until humanitarian aid reaches Gaza.

This operation comes after 47 US air raids struck multiple Yemeni governorates, including Sanaa, Saada, Al Bayda, and Marib, killing and injuring dozens in a series of massacres.

[guerillas-of-history]

🚨🇾🇪 Yemeni Armed Forces:

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Allah, the Exalted, says: “O you who have believed, if you support Allah, He will support you and plant firmly your feet.”

In support of the oppressed Palestinian people and their fighters, in response to the recent massacres against our brothers in Gaza, and within the framework of the fifth phase of support for the battle of the Promised Conquest and the Holy Jihad, and in response to the American-British aggression on our country:

The missile forces carried out a military operation targeting vital positions belonging to the zionist enemy in the area of Umm Al-Rashrash in southern occupied Palestine with four cruise missiles. The operation successfully achieved its objectives by the grace of Allah.

The Yemeni Armed Forces’ Air Force, by the grace of Allah, conducted two additional military operations. The first targeted positions belonging to the zionist enemy in the occupied area of Yaffa with three drones.

The second operation targeted a vital position belonging to the zionist enemy in the occupied area of Asqalan with one drone.

Both operations successfully achieved their objectives by the grace of Allah.

These three operations coincided with a fourth military operation carried out by the Yemeni Armed Forces’ naval units, targeting the American aircraft carrier “USS Harry Truman” in the northern Red Sea using several drones. This marks the seventh targeting of the carrier since its arrival in the Red Sea.

The operation successfully achieved its objectives by the grace of Allah.

The Yemeni Armed Forces affirm their readiness for any developments or escalations by the American-“israeli” alliance against our country. They will continue to monitor the situation in Gaza and will take appropriate escalatory measures if the enemy breaches agreements or intensifies its operations against the oppressed Palestinian people in Gaza.

The Yemeni Armed Forces assure the Palestinian people and their noble fighters that the Yemeni people, under its leadership, army, and populace, stand with you and beside you no matter the consequences. Yemen will not abandon Palestine or its just cause until every inch is liberated, and the zionist enemy is expelled from all of Palestine.

Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs. He is the best supporter and the best helper.

Long live Yemen, free, proud, and independent. Victory to Yemen and to all the free people of the nation.

Sana’a, 17th of Rajab 1446 Hijri

Corresponding to January 17, 2025

Issued by the Yemeni Armed Forces

[mypatchworkreflection]

""The Houthi attack on American vessels will not be tolerated," the president said. "We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective."

Trump also had a message for Iran, which backs the Houthis: "Support for the Houthi terrorists must end IMMEDIATELY! Do NOT threaten the American People, their President, who has received one of the largest mandates in Presidential History, or Worldwide shipping lanes. If you do, BEWARE, because America will hold you fully accountable and, we won't be nice about it!"

In response to the U.S. strikes, the Houthis said they launched a barrage of drones and missiles at the USS Harry Truman, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, in the Red Sea, and other ships in its carrier group. The U.S. military said that none of its warships were hit and that U.S. warplanes shot down all of the incoming drones.

"We affirm that this aggression will not deter the Yemeni people from continuing to support Palestine and fulfilling their religious and humanitarian duties in supporting the people of Gaza, their resistance, and their heroic fighters," Ansar Allah said in a statement."

[wherepond]

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