The Plot Thickens - Why would the US send an aircraft carrier to rescue a cruise ship?

"Did A Chinese EMP Attack Cripple US Cruise Ship?" A Comment
"The “immediate effect” of the Chinese Navy’s firing of their EMP missile, this report continues, was the “catastrophic crippling” of the US based cruise ship Carnival Splendor that stranded its nearly 4,500 passengers and crew in a “dead in the water” boat, prompting the Americans to send the US Navy’s Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, warplanes, and supply aircraft to protect it from further attack after all of its electronic systems were destroyed."