USS Milwaukee Back at Sea

[JP4]

1/2 month delay in Cuba after a third of the fully vaccinated crew came down with covid. No report of anyone injured (serious or not) or hospitalized. Makes me wonder going forward how they will react to each subsequent event. How does a covid outbreak affect readiness if no one is sidelined by it (as opposed to being sidelined for quarantine). I suspect there will be similar occurrences throughout the year and responses will change if a Milwaukee type occurrence is the norm.

USS Milwaukee Back in Sea After COVID-19 Outbreak - USNI News

Littoral Combat Ship USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) is back at sea after it was kept pier side in Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, following a COVID-19 outbreak. Milwaukee returned to sea on Monday after approximately 15 days in port. A portion of the crew, which was 100 percent vaccinated, tested...

news.usni.org

I was glued to DVIDS last summer looking for pics of my kid at NSI. Today they have pics of Milwaukee crew. Other than wearing masks outside which I find odd everything looks normal to me.

USS Milwaukee Sailors Simulate Putting Out a Fire on the Flight Deck

220104-N-HD110-1009 CARIBBEAN SEA - (Jan. 4, 2022) -- Sailors simulate putting out a fire on the flight deck of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) during a firefighting drill, Jan. 4, 2022. Milwaukee is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support...

www.dvidshub.net

 

[UHBlackhawk]

Actually, I think it was less than that. I didn’t see a date listed in the article but I believe it was only in port for about a week. I heard about it being back out last month.

 

[Devil Doc]

With the gift of time and lessons learned from the TR and other ships with outbreaks, the Milwaukee was able to handle the COVID outbreak much like we've always handled a flu, TB, or gastroenteritis outbreak. This is another sign to me that COVID-19 is entering the endemic phase.