USS Kidd (DDG-100) transits the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Nov. 27, 2019. US Navy Photo
The Navy has dispatched an amphibious warship with a specialized medical team to assist with a spreading COVID-19 outbreak on a deployed guided-missile destroyer, the service said on Saturday.
USS Makin Island (LHD-8) has been ordered to rendezvous with USS Kidd (DDG-100) in the Eastern Pacific. The big deck amphib is embarked with a fleet surgical team, an onboard intensive care unit, ventilators and testing...