Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), nicknamed The Big Stick, was in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
The ship, the fourth
Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was sidelined for more than a month and a half when more than half the crew became infected with the novel coronavirus. She was the first United States Navy vessel to have a Covid-19 outbreak at sea.
The response by Captain Brett Crozier, the warship s commanding officer, included the sending of an email to ten Pacific Fleet admirals and captains, led to his being relieved of command by then acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly in early April 2020.
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