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USS Kidd Arrives in San Diego to Treat COVID-19 Outbreak; First Cases Emerged More than A Month After Hawaii Port Visit

USS Kidd (DDG-100) arrives in San Diego on April 28, 2020. US Navy Photo

The second deployed U.S. warship to suffer a COVID-19 outbreak pulled into San Diego on Tuesday to begin the process of offloading, testing, isolating and treating the crew and disinfecting the ship to prepare to head back to sea.

As of Tuesday, 64 sailors on guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG-100) have tested positive for the virus, with 63 percent of the crew tested.

Two Kidd sailors have been medically evacuated to the...

https://news.usni.org/2020/04/28/uss-kidd-arrives-in-san-diego-to-treat-covid-19-outbreak-first-cases-emerged-more-than-a-month-after-hawaii-port-visit

Assistant Navy Secretary for Manpower Filling in as Service’s Number Two

Gregory Slavonic, middle, the assistant Secretary of the Navy for manpower and reserve affairs tours tours the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD-8) with Capt. Christopher Westphal in 2019. US Navy Photo

The Navy’s head of manpower is filling in as the service’s civilian second-in-command, a Navy official told USNI News.

As of Friday, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Gregory Slavonic is performing the duties of the Undersecretary of the Navy as well as...

https://news.usni.org/2020/04/28/assistant-navy-secretary-for-manpower-filling-in-as-services-number-two

Navy Looking to Buy Aircraft Engines as Civilian Demand Dwindles

Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class Caleb Fisher, left, and Aviation Machinist Mate 1st Class Ricky Souza, both assigned to the Skinny Dragons of Patrol Squadron (VP) 4, install a spinner cone to the CFM56-7B engine of a squadron P-8A Poseidon aircraft as a part of a scheduled maintenance inspection on Feb. 4, 2020. US Navy photo.

The Navy is moving forward with its plans to take advantage of a commercial aviation slowdown by accelerating new orders, buying spare parts and conducting depot...

https://news.usni.org/2020/04/28/navy-looking-to-buy-aircraft-engines-as-civilian-demand-dwindles

China Says PLA Scrambled Aircraft, Ships to ‘Expel’ U.S. Warship from South China Sea Island Chain

Seaman Xi Chan stands lookout on the flight deck as the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG-52) transits the Taiwan Strait during routine underway operations on April 23, 2020. US Navy Photo

Chinese authorities said they sortied ships and aircraft to “track, monitor, verify, identify and expel” a U.S. warship from the Paracel Island chain in the South China Sea on Tuesday, People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officials said on Chinese social media.

Navy officials confirmed to...

https://news.usni.org/2020/04/28/china-says-pla-scrambled-aircraft-ships-to-expel-u-s-warship-from-south-china-sea-island-chain

Carrier USS Nimitz Underway for Final Rounds of Training Ahead of Deployment

USS Nimitz (CVN 68) passes Mount Rainier while transiting Puget Sound on Feb. 22, 2020. US Navy Photo

Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) departed Bremerton, Wash., on Monday for its final pre-deployment training event, in what is the Navy’s first real test of its plan to prevent COVID-19 from spreading among deploying crews.

Nimitz will likely remain at sea after completing its Composite Training UnitExercise (COMPTUEX) off the coast of San Diego and not return to port ahead of its deployment...

https://news.usni.org/2020/04/27/carrier-uss-nimitz-underway-for-final-rounds-of-training-ahead-of-deployment

2 USS Kidd Sailors Evacuated as COVID-19 Outbreak Spreads; USS Makin Island Steaming to Assist

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...

https://news.usni.org/2020/04/26/2-uss-kidd-sailors-evacuated-as-covid-19-outbreak-spreads-uss-makin-island-steaming-to-assist

USS Kidd Reports 47 Cases of COVID-19 as Destroyer Heads to San Diego

Operations Specialist 2nd Class Yves Permelona, left, and Operations Specialist 2nd Class June Canuel, practice plotting courses during combat systems training aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG-100) on April 16, 2020. US Navy Photo

The COVID-19 outbreak on Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG-100) has resulted in 47 sailors testing positive for the virus, with two sailors flown to shore to receive treatment, the Navy reported Monday...

https://news.usni.org/2020/04/27/uss-kidd-reports-47-cases-of-covid-19-as-destroyer-heads-to-san-diego

Hospital Ship Comfort Ends NYC COVID-19 Mission After Treating 182 Patients

Sailors transport the last patient off the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) for relocation to a local hospital for the appropriate level of follow-on care on April 26, 2020. US Navy Photo

After a nearly-month-long mission helping New York in the COVID-19 pandemic fight, hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) will leave its temporary berth – likely for its Virginia homeport – and prepare for a possible assignment elsewhere.

Medical teams aboard Comfort, which last month quickly activated and...

https://news.usni.org/2020/04/27/hospital-ship-comfort-ends-nyc-covid-19-mission-after-treating-182-patients

VIDEO: 27 Full Loaded Tankers Parked off L.A. with No Place to Put Their Oil

A crew aboard Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco’s Forward Operating Base Point Mugu MH-65 Dolphin helicopter conducts an overflight near an anchorage site off the coast of Los Angeles, Calif., on April 23, 2020. US Coast Guard Photo

More than two dozen oil tankers are parked just off the California coast, holding the equivalent of 20 percent of the global daily oil consumption, with nowhere to go.

As of Thursday afternoon, 27 tankers were parked outside the ports of Los Angeles and Long...

https://news.usni.org/2020/04/24/video-27-full-loaded-tankers-parked-off-l-a-with-no-place-to-put-their-oil

Navy Leaders Recommend Former Theodore Roosevelt CO Be Put Back in Command; SECDEF Esper Delays Final Decision

Capt. Brett Crozier. US Navy Photo

The carrier commander fired over his memo asking for help dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak on his ship should be reinstated, Navy leaders recommended, two sources familiar with the details told USNI News on Friday.

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday and Acting Secretary of the Navy James McPherson briefed Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on the results of an investigation into a leaked memo from Capt. Brett Crozier, the former commander of USS Theodore...

https://news.usni.org/2020/04/24/navy-leaders-recommend-former-theodore-roosevelt-co-be-put-back-in-command-secdef-esper-delays-final-decision

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