page_title: COVID-19 pandemic on naval ships
section_title: USS Tripoli
hierarchical_section_title: COVID-19 pandemic on naval ships / United States / USS Tripoli
caption_attribution_description: English: The U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) underway in the Gulf of Mexico during builder’s trials on 15 July 2019. Tripoli was the third U.S. Navy ship named for the Battle of Derne in 1805, the first land battle the United States fought overseas. Tripoli was commissioned on 15 July 2020.
context_page_description: The COVID-19 pandemic spread to many military ships. The nature of these ships, which includes working with others in small enclosed areas and a lack of private quarters for the vast majority of crew, contributed to the rapid spread of the disease, even more so than on cruise ships.
  Due to the nature of operations security, national militaries may have policies in place that prevent or restrict reporting of SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 deaths, so although the cases listed below may have been widely reported in reliable sources, confirmation by official spokespeople of the respective militaries is not systematic.
context_section_description: On 17 April 2020, The Wall Street Journal reported that Navy officials had stated that at least 9 sailors assigned to American amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli had tested positive for the virus.  At the time, USS Tripoli was docked in Pascagoula, Mississippi, where it had been built by Ingalls Shipbuilding.  About 630 sailors were moved off the ship as a preventative measure, which resulted in the outbreak spreading to only "around a couple dozen sailors".
caption: USS Tripoli in 2019
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