A uncommon collision at sea between two U.S. Navy ships occurred within the Caribbean on Wednesday, leaving two personnel with minor accidents, based on U.S. Southern Command.
“Yesterday afternoon, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG103) and the Provide-class quick fight assist ship USNS Provide (T-AOE-6) collided throughout a replenishment-at-sea,” Col. Emmanuel Ortiz, a U.S. Southern Command spokesman, mentioned in a press release.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun operates within the Mediterranean Sea, Might 11, 2025.
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He added that “two personnel reported minor accidents and are in steady situation.”
“Each ships have reported crusing safely. The incident is at present underneath investigation,” Ortiz mentioned.
It’s unclear if the 2 injured had been aboard the destroyer, the availability ship or each ships.
Throughout a replenishment at sea, two ships sail side-by-side at a detailed distance and provides are transferred to the receiving ships through a cable fired from one ship to the opposite.
The Wall Road Journal was first to report {that a} collision had occurred between the 2 ships.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Truxtun departs Naval Station Norfolk, Feb. 3, 2026.
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Collisions at sea are very uncommon for U.S. Navy ships with the latest one earlier than Wednesday’s incident happening on Feb. 12, 2025, within the Mediterranean Sea when the plane service USS Harry S. Truman collided with a service provider ship off of Port Mentioned, Egypt. The collision brought on sufficient injury to the service that it needed to make a port of name to obtain repairs.
Whereas no accidents occurred in that collision, a subsequent Navy investigation decided {that a} slight adjustment in the middle of both ship may have led to a mass-casualty occasion.
A injury evaluation for the Wednesday collision is being made that may assist decide whether or not the ships will proceed with their deployments or will return to port, based on a U.S. official.
The USNS Provide replenishes the USS Gerald R. Ford at sea, Nov. 3, 2025.
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The Truxtun had simply left its homeport of Norfolk, Virginia, on Feb. 6 to start its deployment to the Caribbean as a part of the big U.S. Naval presence constructed up during the last couple of months and that has remained in place following the seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
There are at present 11 U.S. Navy ships working within the Caribbean together with the plane service USS Gerald R. Ford.
