covid-19 pandemic on naval ships covid-19 pandemic on naval ships 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. part of a series on thecovid-19 pandemicscientifically accurate atomic model of the external structure of sars-cov-2. each "ball" is an atom. covid-19 (disease) sars-cov-2 (virus) cases deaths timeline 2019 2020 january responses february responses march responses april responses may responses june responses july responses august responses september responses october responses november responses december responses 2021 january responses february responses march responses april responses may responses june responses july responses august responses september responses october responses november responses december responses 2022 january 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9 none naval base san diego usa § uss carl vinson 1 none puget sound naval shipyard usa § uss theodore roosevelt 5000 5000 1156 1 27 march 2020 guam usa § leopold i 1 27 march 2020 zeebrugge belgium § uss ronald reagan 16 none yokosuka naval base japan § hnlms dolfijn 58 15 8 3 april 2020 den helder netherlands § usns comfort 2 none pier 90 usa § uss nimitz 2 none puget sound naval shipyard usa § usns mercy 7 none port of los angeles usa § charles de gaulle chevalier paul 1760200 ≥2010 1046≥35 12 april 2020 arsenal de toulon france § uss tripoli ≥630 ~24 none pascagoula usa § rocs pan shi 337 337 31 15 april 2020 zuoying naval base taiwan § uss kidd ~330 ~330 ≥96 28 april 2020 naval base san diego usa § usns leroy grumman ~50 52 2 none boston usa § uss carter hall ~400 100% ≥2 none jeblcfs usa § brp jose rizal 65 3 15 june 2020 port of subic bay philippines § uss san diego 5 none naval base san diego usa § uss george h.w. bush ≥1 none norfolk naval shipyard usa belgium leopold i leopold i in 2014 on 25 march, belgian defense reported that a crew member of the belgian frigate leopold i had tested positive. the sailor had been evacuated via air to den helder on 20 march after he began showing symptoms, and was quarantined at home when the test returned positive on 24 march. as a precaution, the ship broke off from its operation with the french carrier battle group led by charles de gaulle and returned to zeebrugge, its home port, on 27 march, about a month earlier than planned. france carrier battle group of charles de gaulle