Capt. Dave Snowden has been reassigned in the wake of a collision with a merchant vessel while he was commanding the USS Harry Truman.

The commanding officer of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was relieved of his duty on Thursday, just over a week after the vessel collided with a merchant ship.

The US Navy has relieved the commander of an aircraft carrier that collided with a mercantile vessel in the Mediterranean Sea near the entrance to the Suez Canal.

Capt. Dave Snowden, who was in charge of the USS Harry S. Truman when the aircraft carrier collided with a merchant ship, has been fired, the Navy announced.

Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman's commanding officer relieved