U.S. officials say the USS Theodore Roosevelt will return to sea later this week after being sidelined in Guam with a serious coronavirus outbreak.
The USS Theodore Roosevelt will return to sea later this week, nearly two months after the ship was sidelined in Guam amid a coronavirus controversy that led to the resignation of the secretary of the U.S. Navy, officials said.
As the crew finished final preparations to depart, Capt. Carlos Sardiello said Monday in an interview from the aircraft carrier that it would sail with a scaled-back crew of about 3,000. That will leave about 1,800 sailors on shore who are still in quarantine after the ship’sThose left behind include up to 14 sailors who recently tested positive again, just days after getting cleared to return to the carrier.
Sardiello would not discuss timelines or planned operations. But other U.S. officials said the ship is expected to leave in the next few days, and if all goes well, it will conduct naval operations in the Pacific region for some period of time before heading home to San Diego. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss military operations.Asked about the possibility that the ship would be able to conduct missions after its two-month layoff in Guam, Sardiello expressed confidence.
The Roosevelt had been at the center of a widening controversy that led to the firing of the ship’s previous captain,and an expanded investigation into what triggered the outbreak and how well top naval commanders handled it. More than 1,000 sailors on the ship have tested positive over the past two months, and the entire crew has had to cycle through quarantine on shore before being allowed to re-board.
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