An F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to the “Red Rippers” of Strike Fighter Squadron 11, prepares to land on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman on Feb. 15, 2025. Truman left Naval Support Activity Souda Bay on the Greek island of Crete on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, after a weeklong stay for repairs. (Michael Shen/U.S. Navy)

NAPLES, Italy — The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman conducted routine flight operations in the Mediterranean Sea on Monday after a weeklong stay at a Navy base in Greece for repairs following a collision with a cargo ship, the Navy said.

Truman left Naval Support Activity Souda Bay on the Greek island of Crete on Sunday, U.S. 6th Fleet said in a statement Monday.

Sailors worked with maintenance personnel, the Navy’s shipyard in Norfolk, Va., and a Greek ship repair company to assess damage, develop a repair plan and restore weathertight integrity to the ship following a collision on Feb. 12 with the Panama-flagged cargo ship Besiktas-M, the Navy said.

Those repairs included removing damaged pieces of metal and installing weatherproofing bulkheads, the service said in a separate statement to Stars and Stripes.

The collision left Truman with scrapes and gashes along the ship’s right, or starboard, back end, including a small slash that penetrated its hull well above the waterline.

A line handling space, the fantail and a platform above a storage space also were damaged along with exterior walls of two storage rooms and a maintenance space, according to initial damage assessments.

“Our ship remains operationally ready to complete deployment with mission and purpose on full display by the entire crew,” Capt. Chris Hill, commanding officer of Truman, said in the statement.

While at Souda Bay, Truman underwent a thorough assessment to determine the structural integrity of its hull and bulkheads as result of the late-night collision near the Suez Canal. Bulkheads are interior vertical walls that form compartments within a ship.

“The rapid repair effort on Truman was a testament to our expeditionary maintenance expertise and the exceptional collaboration with our Norfolk Naval Shipyard teammates and industry partners,” Capt. Mollie Bily, commanding officer of the Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center, said in the statement.

On Thursday, the Navy fired Capt. Dave Snowden, who had been Truman’s commanding officer since December 2023, citing a loss of confidence in his ability to command.

Hill, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, was named as interim commanding officer of Truman.

Hill commanded Eisenhower during its historic 9-month deployment that ended in July. During the deployment, Eisenhower spent nearly seven months in the Middle East defending against Iran-backed Houthi militant attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

Truman’s collision with Besiktas-M remains under investigation.

It wasn’t clear when the carrier, which had been on duty in the Red Sea for nearly two months, would return to the Middle East.