An EA-18G Growler and an F/A-18F Super Hornet launch from the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, a "clean" ship free from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) thanks to a longer-than-expected deployment at a sea, in the Atlantic Ocean April 22, 2020. Picture taken April 22, 2020. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Samuel Gruss/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On any given day, the U.S. aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman can be found off the Atlantic coast of the United States, probably somewhere between Virginia and Florida. Its crew would love to come home to their families. But they can't. They're just too valuable right now.
That's because the Truman is a "clean" ship, free from the coronavirus thanks to a longer-than-expected deployment at sea that started in November. The deployment has kept its battle-ready 4,500 crew out of reach of a pandemic that is wreaking havoc elsewhere in the Navy.
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