The background is a letter Crozier wrote to his superiors, alerting him to the situation on the ship and requesting that more than 4,000 crew members be evacuated and quarantined. The contents of the letter leaked, and the Pentagon accuses Crozier of bad judgment and of creating unnecessary panic.

Hailed by the crew

But videos from the Guam fleet base, where the ship is anchored, show how the crew clearly expressed their support for their boss by scanning his name as he alone stepped down the aisle.

- There you get rid of one of the best captains you ever had, someone is heard saying in the crowd on one of the videos that spread in social media.

Over 100 infected

Over 100 people aboard the ship have been found to be infected with coronavirus. The infection was discovered after USS Theodore Roosevelt lay at a Vietnam port for five days for an official visit.