{"id":36587,"date":"2021-01-30T02:18:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T02:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/01\/30\/entire-chafee-crew-headed-into-covid-quarantine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:37:06","slug":"entire-chafee-crew-headed-into-covid-quarantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/01\/30\/entire-chafee-crew-headed-into-covid-quarantine\/","title":{"rendered":"Entire Chafee crew headed into COVID quarantine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hundreds of sailors aboard the U.S. warship Chafee<\/a> are all being moved off the ship and into San Diego hotels for a two-week quarantine following COVID-19 testing of the entire crew Friday,.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials declined to say precisely how many sailors tested positive for the coronavirus Friday, but said it was less than the 12 who tested positive in the past week as the guided-missile destroyer steamed from its homeport in Hawaii and arrived in San Diego for training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No infected sailors have been hospitalized, according to officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All-hands testing of the crew had originally been scheduled for last Saturday morning on the San Diego pier, but it was never carried out for reasons the Navy has refused to explain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move to test the entire Chafee crew and the later decision to move them off ship follows a Navy Times report Thursday in which crew members expressed fear over the COVID infections and frustration with how the outbreak was being handled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday<\/a> directed the ship-wide testing in an email sent to fleet commanders Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne hundred percent testing is the right thing to do,\u201d Gilday wrote. \u201cI want to assure the Chafee crew, families and our Navy that we are doing all we can to ensure the crew is safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t