USS Theodore Roosevelt
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The Roosevelt is a U.S. aircraft carrier which got into the news in late March 2020 after its commander Capt. Brett E. Crozier informed superiors of a Coronavirus outbreak on the ship. Two weeks after a port call in Vietnam, the aircraft carrier has stopped in Guam.
- “We are not at war, and therefore cannot allow a single sailor to perish as a result of this pandemic unnecessarily,” Crozier wrote.[1]
- Most of the 5,000 crew members ... will be quarantined in hotel rooms, government officials said Wednesday. Virus Grounds a U.S. Aircraft Carrier as Crew Quarantined in Guam - Wall Street Journal - 4-1-2020