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    Acting Navy Secretary Lashes Out On Virus-Plagued Ship At Commander He Fired

    During an unannounced visit to the USS Theodore Roosevelt on Sunday, acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly tried justifying to its catcalling crew members his sacking of their skipper.
    by David Welna Apr 06, 2020 4 minutes
    Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly testifies at a Senate hearing on Dec. 3.

    Updated at 9:03 p.m. ET

    Three days after firing Capt. Brett Crozier as commander of the coronavirus-sickened nuclear aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly boarded the warship docked in Guam and delivered a stinging, profanity-laced denunciation of its deposed skipper.

    NPR has obtained an audio recording of Modly's remarks.

    Much of the diatribe delivered by the Navy's top civilian to the ship's audibly grumbling crew was a condemnation of a March 30 letter that Crozier emailed to his superior officials. It describes dire conditions on the Roosevelt as thousands of crew members remained on board despite dozens of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection.

    The letter leaked and set off a furor on March 31, broke the first story about it.

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