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Another Yokosuka homeported destroyer has been involved in a collision at sea. Don't have the full story just yet but, it was the USS JOHN S McCAIN and a merchant ship that collided in the Malacca Straits near Singapore.
The Malacca Straits is a bottleneck that ships pass through from the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean. It is an extremely busy seaway and is frequented by pirates.
Here's the FOX News link with the story..........
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/08...n-pacific.html
Five crewman injured and flooding reported in two berthing compartmenrts and shaft alley.
Amphibious ship AMERICA steaming at best speed to assist JOHN S McCAIN.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/your-n...rchant-vessel/
unbelievable!
WTF is going on on the bridge of these ships?
Somebody asleep at the wheel? I just wonder if the same radar system is on both ships that had collisions this year. I didn't hear anything about time of day this last collision occured. Night time? Day? Fog? How can you not know it is there?
Apparently nothing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Shapiro
Sam
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Originally Posted by Dan Shapiro
This might answer your question. From the article in the OP:
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Aside from the USS McCain and USS Fitgerald incidents, the Navy crusier USS Antietam ran aground dumping over 1,000 gallons of oil in Tokyo Bay in Februray. In May, another cruiser, USS Lake Champlain, hit a South Korean fishing vessel.
An active-duty Navy officer expressed concern to Fox News over the training of young Navy officers aboard ships.
“It’s not the same level of training you used to get,” the officer said.
Incompetence of command.
There is no other excuse for this to happen, people are not performing their assigned duties.
Political correctness is taking it's toll on our military preparedness.
UCMJ needs to be executed in order to re-establish some semblance of a chain of command that is unbroken.
If an individual does not measure up to the oath he has " voluntarily" taken, heads need to roll.
Hopefully this Captain and Executive officer are not just the relatives of some pseudo important person.
The best equipment in the world is totally worthless without adult leadership.
Waiting for the normal lame excuses that will most certainly follow.
Semper Fi
Art
Search underway for 10 sailors after USS John S. McCain collision near Singapore; ship has significant damage
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/08...nt-damage.html
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Navy Times hasn't got anything on cause of the accident or even what happened. From the photos it looks as if the McCain got T-boned by the bow bulb of an unloaded tanker. The collision took place at about 5:30, when a lot of the crew would have been up and about. As was the case with the Fitzgerald, the collision took place in restricted waters.
One of the commenters, "Seal Tiel" (apparently a retired BMC) believes that the Bridge is generally relying too much on GPS and radar, and not enough on lookout watches.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/your-n...rchant-vessel/
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