Posted on 06/22/2011 7:57:20 AM PDT by Lou L
Hmm. In the late 90s? I don't recall any major collisions. What you described sounds exactly like what happened to my boat in 2005: All ahead full into a sea mound in the Pacific, about 350 miles from Guam.
I looked up the San Juan, and in 1998 it collided with a boomer in the Long Island sound. That I do remember, as I was on the San Fran at the time and it was a hot topic. Didn't remember the boats involved, but I did remember it happening. It was a minor collision. No one was hurt, and both ships returned to port under their own power.
Could you be blending the two incidents?
I got out in late 1997, it was before that.
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