“They placed crew comfort ahead of crew safety,” Admiral Gilday said. Absent from the investigation’s finding was any blame for senior Navy leaders who approved the Roosevelt’s four-day port call in early March to Da Nang, Vietnam, where Admiral Gilday said the virus most likely came aboard. Captain Crozier was fired in part because of fears that President Trump wanted him gone, and not knowing how the president feels about reinstating the captain has cast a shadow over the Navy’s actions ever since. Captain Crozier was relieved of command on April 2 by the then-acting Navy Secretary Thomas B. Modly, who said he had lost confidence in him. Videos of hundreds of sailors cheering their skipper as he walked off the ship’s gangway spread widely on social media.

Source: New York Times June 19, 2020 18:24 UTC