Carrier Roosevelt returns with hundreds of NAS Lemoore sailors

by Stephen Hawkins

Thu, July 9th 2020, 4:26 PM UTC

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) transit the Philippine Sea Feb. 29, 2020. Russell and Theodore Roosevelt, part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, are on a scheduled deployment to the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sean Lynch)

The USS Theodore Roosevelt, a Nimitz-class nuclear powered aircraft carrier, is docked along Kilo Wharf of Naval Base Guam in Sumay, Friday, April 3, 2020. The aircraft carrier, with a crew of nearly 5,000, is docked in Guam, and the Navy has said as many as 3,000 will be taken off the ship and quarantined by Friday. More than 100 sailors on the ship have tested positive for the virus, but none is hospitalized. (Rick Cruz/The Pacific Daily via AP)

FILE - In this April 13, 2018, file photo the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier is anchored off Manila Bay west of Manila, Philippines. The captain of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus is asking for permission to isolate the bulk of his roughly 5,000 crew members on shore, which would take the warship out of duty in an effort to save lives. The ship is docked in Guam (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

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The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) transit the Philippine Sea Feb. 29, 2020. Russell and Theodore Roosevelt, part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, are on a scheduled deployment to the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sean Lynch)

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (FOX26) — The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is returning to San Diego Thursday, July 9th.

The carrier is ending its deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.

More than 6,000 Sailors from Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 deployed Jan. 17 to conduct operations in the Indo-Pacific and maintain security and stability in the region.

The Roosevelt was sidelined more than two months after a coronavirus outbreak onboard the carrier.

More than 1,100 sailors were infected with COVID-19 and one sailor died.

The outbreak led to the firing of Captain Brett Crozier after he sent a memo to Navy leaders, saying that COVID-19 had started to spread among crew members of the ship.

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