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"Sailors Don't Need To Die": Captain Of Nuclear Carrier With Over 100 COVID-19 Cases Plead
Posted on 3/31/20 at 7:58 pm
Posted on 3/31/20 at 7:58 pm
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In an astounding plea for help, the captain of the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt has urged top command of the US Navy to take drastic action after more than 100 sailors aboard the ship have been infected with the coronavirus.
More than a week ago it started with a handful of COVID-19 cases, which by the end of the week spiked to 36, causing the West Pacific-deployed carrier to dock at a naval station at Guam, ordering infected crew members out of the some 5,000 total into makeshift quarantine facilities, including a basketball gym hastily transformed for that purpose. The San Francisco Chronicle has obtained and published excerpts of an unprecedented plea for help written by the USS Roosevelt's Captain Brett Crozier to Pentagon leadership:
“This will require a political solution but it is the right thing to do,” wrote Capt. Brett Crozier, a Santa Rosa native, from Guam where his 1,092-foot carrier Theodore Roosevelt docked following a COVID-19 outbreak. “We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset — our Sailors.”
USS Theodore Roosevelt, via US Navy photo
In the letter Capt. Crozier warned that "Due to a warship's inherent limitations of space... the spread of the diseast is ongoing and accelerating." The SF Chronicle described that the letter was issued Monday as the captain fears there will be possible deaths among crew under his command if more resources aren't immediately allocated.
It is unclear as yet how many of the crew have been quarantined on land at Guam, and how many still remain aboard the docked carrier. But it appears the ongoing attempts at quarantine and containment are not going fast enough, with less than necessary resources employed. Previously General John Hyten, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said testing of the entire crew is expected to take a week minimum.
Crozier further urgently requested "compliant quarantine rooms" on shore in Guam for his entire crew "as soon as possible". He added, "Removing the majority of personnel from a deployed US nuclear carrier and isolating them for two weeks may seem like an extraordinary measure... this is a necessary risk."
He outlined specific dangers of large amounts of the crew remaining on board the ship as follows, according to the SF Chronicle:
The tight quarters on the carrier are “most conducive to spread,” he wrote, including large amounts of sailors in a confined space, shared sleeping quarters, restrooms, workspaces and computers, a common mess hall, meals cooked by exposed personnel, and movement constraints requiring communal contact with ladders and hatches.
The criticisms are aimed at the current strategy of merely moving the numbers of infected and immediate exposures off the ship, while increasing social distancing and disinfecting measures for the majority still on the ship, which he called "ineffective”.
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In an astounding plea for help, the captain of the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt has urged top command of the US Navy to take drastic action after more than 100 sailors aboard the ship have been infected with the coronavirus.
More than a week ago it started with a handful of COVID-19 cases, which by the end of the week spiked to 36, causing the West Pacific-deployed carrier to dock at a naval station at Guam, ordering infected crew members out of the some 5,000 total into makeshift quarantine facilities, including a basketball gym hastily transformed for that purpose. The San Francisco Chronicle has obtained and published excerpts of an unprecedented plea for help written by the USS Roosevelt's Captain Brett Crozier to Pentagon leadership:
“This will require a political solution but it is the right thing to do,” wrote Capt. Brett Crozier, a Santa Rosa native, from Guam where his 1,092-foot carrier Theodore Roosevelt docked following a COVID-19 outbreak. “We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset — our Sailors.”
USS Theodore Roosevelt, via US Navy photo
In the letter Capt. Crozier warned that "Due to a warship's inherent limitations of space... the spread of the diseast is ongoing and accelerating." The SF Chronicle described that the letter was issued Monday as the captain fears there will be possible deaths among crew under his command if more resources aren't immediately allocated.
It is unclear as yet how many of the crew have been quarantined on land at Guam, and how many still remain aboard the docked carrier. But it appears the ongoing attempts at quarantine and containment are not going fast enough, with less than necessary resources employed. Previously General John Hyten, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said testing of the entire crew is expected to take a week minimum.
Crozier further urgently requested "compliant quarantine rooms" on shore in Guam for his entire crew "as soon as possible". He added, "Removing the majority of personnel from a deployed US nuclear carrier and isolating them for two weeks may seem like an extraordinary measure... this is a necessary risk."
He outlined specific dangers of large amounts of the crew remaining on board the ship as follows, according to the SF Chronicle:
The tight quarters on the carrier are “most conducive to spread,” he wrote, including large amounts of sailors in a confined space, shared sleeping quarters, restrooms, workspaces and computers, a common mess hall, meals cooked by exposed personnel, and movement constraints requiring communal contact with ladders and hatches.
The criticisms are aimed at the current strategy of merely moving the numbers of infected and immediate exposures off the ship, while increasing social distancing and disinfecting measures for the majority still on the ship, which he called "ineffective”.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:01 pm to Boatshoes
Whoever leaked this letter to the press needs to be put in jail. They just told our adversaries we essentially are 1 carrier down.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:02 pm to PetroBabich
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They just told our adversaries we essentially are 1 carrier down.
Cant be. We never lose carriers to influenza.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:03 pm to PetroBabich
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They just told our adversaries we essentially are 1 carrier down.
That makes 3, doesn't it? We were already down 2....
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:13 pm to PetroBabich
they will never allow it to affect readiness but you are correct this is not news for public consumption.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:28 pm to Boatshoes
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Sailors Don't Need To Die
Our President said we are at war. Men die during war and a occasionally a few of those sailor boys
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:29 pm to Sput
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Our President said we are at war. Men die during war and a occasionally a few of those sailor boys
That's how expendable we are to you? Not worth saving? Jeez.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:33 pm to Sput
frick you, you traitorous piece of shite.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:35 pm to Boatshoes
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Cant be. We never lose carriers to influenza.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:51 pm to PetroBabich
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Whoever leaked this letter to the press needs to be put in jail. They just told our adversaries we essentially are 1 carrier down.
Our adversaries new this before you did...dont underestimate adversaries intel capabilities. Trust me, they knew before you did.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:52 pm to Boatshoes
Why do you hate America? Serious question.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 9:01 pm to longwayfromLA
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That's how expendable we are to you? Not worth saving? Jeez.
What the hell, do we have senior citizens manning our aircraft carriers now? I keep hearing on here that they are expendable.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 9:59 pm to ImaObserver
If Carriers have close quarters, think about the sailors on Subs.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 11:12 pm to stampman
< 150 on a sub. Maintenance division on a carrier >400. If somebody farted in bearthing, we all smelled it. If 100 + got it on a carrier, all 6000 got it. And, no. If that boat needs to sail, it will with 6000 sick people.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 11:14 pm to Boatshoes
That Captain sounds like a whiny bitch. Embarassing.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 11:14 pm to Boatshoes
This is not a good look. PERIOD
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