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To: silverleaf

Port side and further aft than Fitz. Berthing area? Time to ban those bulbous noses on oil tankers.


8 posted on 08/21/2017 7:37:51 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: rktman
Time to ban those bulbous noses on oil tankers.

Time to get rid of incompetent USN captains. The USS John McCain has the best radar and navigation equipment the taxpayer can buy. It is faster and more maneuverable than any oil tanker. There is no reason to be hit by such a ship even if it tried to hit the McCain.

Maybe drugs are involved. We need more facts.

34 posted on 08/21/2017 7:59:06 AM PDT by kabar
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"Time to ban the bulbous bow..."

Is joke, yes? The bulbous bow is a major advance in improving the efficiency of large ships, resulting in tremendous fuel and cost savings.

The problem is with the carbon based life forms manning the vessels, not their designs or configurations.

54 posted on 08/21/2017 8:28:10 AM PDT by SargeK
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To: rktman
"Time to ban those bulbous noses on oil tankers"

Or time to teach US Navy Captains something other than the John F. Kennedy collision avoidance technique.

73 posted on 08/21/2017 9:46:34 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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