For more than a week, photos have circulated on social media that purport to show the United States Navy’s nuclear-powered Nimitz-class supercarrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) in port for repairs to damage taken in the Red Sea after being struck by missiles fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen. At least one video also alleged to show the carrier on fire after taking a direct hit.
Although some of the posts were meant as humor, it can be at times difficult to tell on social media.
According to the U.S. Navy, the carrier is fine. Though she indeed remains deployed in the Red Sea to protect commercial shipping from drones and missiles launched by the Iran-backed group that controls large swaths of Yemen, there have been no confirmed reports that the vessel has received any damage.
However, it was on Thursday that the latest video making the claims was posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.https://twitter.com/UniqueMongolia/status/1798725245253357620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1798725245253357620%7Ctwgr%5E2e3120ce7f4335a33ea8f9eef9d3a306bde83ebe%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fembedly.forbes.com%2Fwidgets%2Fmedia.html%3Ftype%3Dtext2Fhtmlkey%3D3ce26dc7e3454db5820ba084d28b4935schema%3Dtwitterurl%3Dhttps3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FUniqueMongolia%2Fstatus%2F1798725245253357620image%3D
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