One of the ship's crew says 'it feels like Big Navy has left us out to dry. Nobody cares.' The seven sailors have died by suicide since 2019.
Seven Navy sailors assigned to the USS George Washington have died by suicide during the time the aircraft carrier has been undergoing a yearslong overhaul in Newport News, Virginia, the Navy said Thursday. in the past year that CBS News has reported, three more sailors assigned to the carrier died by suicide in 2019 and 2020.
The living and working conditions on the carrier present challenges for the sailors. While it's in the shipyard, the George Washington is essentially a construction zone, where it can be cramped, hot and loud for the crew on board. FILE: The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington leaves the US naval base in Yokosuka, 60 kms south of Tokyo, for the last time for refueling and complex overhaul on May 18, 2015. The Navy's top enlisted leader, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith, visited the carrier last week and took questions from the sailors.
The USS George Washington is not the first carrier to experience a rash of suicides while going through a major overhaul. In September 2019,to the USS George HW Bush died by suicide within one week as the ship was going through a restoration in Virginia.
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