"RAMMING SPEED!"
Posted on 08/24/2017 7:43:13 AM PDT by Enlightened1
"RAMMING SPEED!"
Haha!
The attention has been focused solely on how the sailors failed to avoid the collision with the cargo ship but not what the crew of the cargo ship was doing or whether it was intentional.
A cargo ship deliberately ramming a USA military ship seems unlikely.
Kind of like a canoe ramming a jetski.
Something else is going on here but not sure what yet.
Exactly!
Did you watch the full video at the first link?
My question is why are Navy ships allowing non-Navy ships to get close to them out in the ocean?
I don’t understand this.
“I see top kek in your eyes, Forty Five. That’s good, top kek and memes keep a man alive”
The video is worthy of thought.
No one expects a cargo ship to turn into another ship.
No one expected 9/11 either.........................
Something else IS going on. We get sketchy post-hit info from the government. Our warships have two main jobs. Hit things and make sure we don’t get hit. Sounds like we need to sink a cargo ship.
Same here.
Thought they always had to remain a good distance for safety concerns?
Did you not see the photos of the Fitzgerald and mccain and the list of the dead?
On September 29, 2014 something went terribly wrong aboard Hapag-Lloyd’s containership Colombo Express when it lost control and slammed into the Maersk Tanjong today. Both vessels were heading south through the north end of the Suez Canal.
http://gcaptain.com/containerships-collide-suez-canal/
Crowded waters; the areas where the collisions involving the Fitzgerald and McCain are among the most-heavily traveled on earth; tremendous volume of traffic through the Malacca Straits, just west of the site where the McCain collided with that tanker. Likewise, there are dozens of ships (at any given time) in the waters southeast of Tokyo, scene of the Fitzgerald incident.
One of the most troubling aspects of the latest disaster is the complete loss of steering aboard the McCain three minutes before the accident. As an ex-Air Force guy, my knowledge of ship steering is minimal, but I’m told there are multiple ways to steer a warship, and crews routinely train on how to respond to steering casualties.
When the investigation is complete, I believe we’ll discover that ops tempo was at least a contributing factor. Both DDGs are forward-deployed BMD ships, the most heavily tasked in the Navy. Given their operational requirements, they have less time for work-ups and training than their state-side counterparts. Couple that with the toll of extended deployments (with most sailors working 14-18 hours a day, for months on end), and you’ve got an increased potential for accidents.
I read a post by one former sailor who said his watch schedule was 5 hours on/10 hours off, but during the “off” time, he was doing his normal job. There are a fair number of sailors who average only four hours of sleep a day during deployments that last seven months (or longer) among the BMD ships.
Recycled video from years ago ...
5 on 10 off!
We did 6 on 6off for months and still managed a movie and poker game each day.
A cargo ship deliberately ramming a USA military ship seems unlikely.
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How does a huge cargo ship sneak up on a military ship? Where are the sailors who are supposed to be on watch? If ramming was involved, why wasn’t the cargo vessel sunk?
Please explain how time of the posting makes the video irrelevant?
The McCain was struck Port side,aft. The tanker was the burdened vessel. Still, you never allow your vessel to get into a crossing situation as tight as that.
Last clear chance to avoid collision and all that.
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