Everett-based Navy ship USS Kidd reports coronavirus outbreak at sea

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WASHINGTON — Another Navy ship, the Everett-based destroyer USS Kidd, has reported a coronavirus outbreak and is returning to port, Navy officials said.

Navy officials said at least 18 members of the crew of the ship have tested positive and it expects the number to grow. It said it is evaluating the extent of the outbreak aboard the ship.

The Kidd is off the Pacific coast of Central America, where it has been operating as part of a U.S. counter-drug mission. The Navy said it has a crew of about 350. It is only the second Navy ship, among about 90 deployed around the world, to report a coronavirus outbreak at sea. The other is the USS Theodore Roosevelt.