Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith's visit to Newport News Friday comes in the wake of three sailor suicides among the crew in the past two weeks.
Cmdr. Richard Zamberlan, the commander, and Cmdr. Philip Lundberg, the executive officer, were both relieved of command of a littoral combat ship in December.
The USS The Sullivans is one of four decommissioned Naval vessels at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, where it had been open for tours.
Two U.S. Navy personnel were injured in an accident aboard the USS Louisiana at a maintenance facility at Puget Sound in Washington state, the Navy said.
In April 2020, with the coronavirus pandemic spreading across the United States, the Delaware was commissioned while underwater, a first for a Navy vessel.