Navy relieves commander after grounding near Sochi
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Cmdr. Dennis Volpe was reassigned to another job.
Navy relieves commander after grounding near Sochi
By Pauline Jelinek
The Associated Press
© February 26, 2014
WASHINGTON
The commander of the U.S. Navy ship that ran aground while deployed near the Olympics has been relieved of his command.
Navy officials in Europe issued a statement Tuesday saying Cmdr. Dennis Volpe was relieved due to loss of confidence in his ability to command. The Navy says the Taylor, one of two U.S. warships dispatched to the Black Sea before the Sochi Winter Olympics, remains under repair in the Turkish port at Samsun. It ran aground there Feb. 12 while preparing to moor.
The guided missile frigate arrived in the Black Sea early this month with the Mount Whitney, an amphibious command ship. The Pentagon announced the planned deployment in January, after terrorist groups threatened to disrupt the Olympic Games in Russia.
Volpe was reassigned to Destroyer Squadron 14, a Navy news release said.