and it knocked out the radios in BOTH the Seahawks too... tight??? that's pure bullsh!t
Posted on 06/25/2017 7:21:19 PM PDT by TXnMA
There are a number of uncommon items in the article, such as a photo of the interior of the Captain's "stateroom", the fact that he had to be rescued from "outside the ship's 'skin'", and discussion of the size of the underwater damage to the USS Fitzgerald.
In addition, this is a Navy publication; not the usual MSM junk...
Sumbodys got a lot of splainin to do.
Heads up for an information-loaded Naval Institute article on the USS Fitzgerald collision...
How did the destroyer, with all that fancy equipment, did not detect and avoid that much larger, and slower, ship?
So far, our analyses come out looking pretty sound...
The one thing that astonishes me — over 200 people on Fitzgerald survived (including several who were awake at the time of the collision). All 20 people from Crystal survived.
And yet no one seems to have any idea what happened. Only just now are people starting to know the time of the collision. Did the US Navy really have absolutely no information about the collision other than what the Japanese Coast Guard told them? (OK, sure the collision knocked out communications for a while — but surely one of the first questions asked once it was restored would be “What happened?”)
People are pouring over the navigation tracks of Crystal, looking at where the damage occurred on both vessels, and making speculations about how they were maneuvering at the time of the crash. In other words, they are using the same clues that would be used if both vessels had sunk with all hands. Where are the witness statements??
and it knocked out the radios in BOTH the Seahawks too... tight??? that's pure bullsh!t
Like I said...
I strongly suspect that they were in a "stealth" mode with no radar or radio emissions.
But, they should have been listening for the active radar on the freighter, if it was turned on. I suspect it was turned off.
OTOH a definitive answer may very well reveal too much information about USN operations, and the public will probably never get one.
“As for the ship, five days after collision active damage control efforts are ongoing to prevent further damage to the hull. The force of Crystal’s impact combined with the flood not only dented but twisted the ship’s hull. Crews are continuing to pump water in and out of the ship to keep Fitzgerald stable.”
If the article is accurate in its description of the level of damage the crew should be considered for a Navy Unit Commendation (NUC) for saving the vessel. This is really massive damage. If the keel has been broken it’s not beyond the realm of possibility that the ship could end up being declared a constructive loss.
Were there any bridge to bridge comms on VHF during this incident?
there is out there a suggestion that the USS Fitzgerald was subjected to an EMP attack by the container ship. - There was one rumor that...the RUssians did it. That said, there was a recent event, only a couple months ago, where an American ship patrolling in the Black Sea was hit by an EMP-style attack by a Russian jet.
The main contention is that the one hour lag in reporting the collision was due to loss of power from the attack. You decide.
that i don't know, but there was NO damage to the radios in the helicopters... putting a call out on guard isn't rocket science
No, it isn't.
Your first clue should be a lack of .mil or .gov address, but there's always Wikipedia. " a private, non-profit (EIN:52-0643040), professional military association"
Lower right: knocked down his “I love me” wall... ‘-)
The captain’s state room door has a plaque with all of the former CO’s names on it. Every ship has that. It’s tradition.
Thanks for the clarification...
As for who was in charge when this happened. Meh. Nothing will happen to him or her.
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