▁on ▁ 2 6 ▁March ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁command ing ▁officer , ▁Captain ▁Bre tt ▁Cro z ier , ▁wanted ▁to ▁have ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁crew ▁immediately ▁taken ▁ash ore , ▁saying ▁it ▁was ▁impossible ▁to ▁prevent ▁the ▁spread ▁of ▁the ▁virus ▁in ▁the ▁close ▁qu arters ▁of ▁the ▁ship . ▁R ear ▁Ad m . ▁Stuart ▁P . ▁Baker , ▁who ▁was ▁the ▁command ing ▁officer ▁of ▁Car rier ▁St rike ▁Group ▁ 9 ▁and ▁thus ▁Cro z ier ' s ▁immediate ▁superior , ▁disag re ed , ▁feeling ▁such ▁an ▁action ▁was ▁imp ract ical ▁and ▁too ▁dr astic . ▁ ▁On ▁ 3 0 ▁March , ▁Cro z ier ▁sent ▁an ▁email ▁to ▁communicate ▁the ▁status ▁of ▁his ▁ship ▁and ▁her ▁crew , ▁saying ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁possible ▁to ▁observe ▁CD C / N avy ▁recommend ations ▁for ▁individual ▁quar antine ▁or ▁social ▁dist ancing ▁ab o ard ▁the ▁car rier . ▁Cro z ier ▁referred ▁to ▁the ▁vir al ▁spread ▁on ▁the ▁less ▁crow ded ▁cru ise ▁ship ▁Diam ond ▁Princess ▁as ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁how ▁quickly ▁a ▁virus ▁can ▁spread ▁on ▁a ▁crow ded ▁vessel . ▁The ▁letter ▁provided ▁his ▁super iors ▁with ▁options , ▁including ▁ready ▁for ▁battle ▁while ▁sick , ▁but ▁recommended ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁crew ' s ▁ev acu ation , ▁keeping ▁only ▁enough ▁crew ▁on ▁board ▁to ▁maintain ▁the ▁nuclear ▁re actor , ▁provide ▁security , ▁and ▁to ▁san it ize ▁the ▁ship . ▁The ▁e - mail ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁three ▁superior