Posted on 11/03/2017 10:11:05 AM PDT by Retain Mike
Two of the world’s most sophisticated warships collided with merchant ships this year in preventable incidents that killed 17 American sailors. While those inside and out of the Navy are demanding answers to what caused the failures, the root causes are many and the fixes are far from easy.
On June 17, USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) collided with a merchant ship 50 miles off the coast of Japan, ripping the destroyer’s welded steel hull open under the waterline and crushing the superstructure of the warship. Seven sailors drowned in the space where they slept, unable to escape after water began pouring in with no warning, according to a Navy investigation released in August.
On Aug. 21, off the coast of Singapore, USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) suffered a steering casualty and crashed into a chemical tanker, which punched a hole in the destroyer’s port quarter. Ten more sailors drowned in their berthing, also with no warning, according to a Wednesday investigation report.
Combined, the McCain and Fitzgerald incidents arguably represent the worst lapses in seamanship in the U.S. surface navy’s recent history.
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Ping.
“While those inside and out of the Navy are demanding answers to what caused the failures, the root causes are many and the fixes are far from easy.”
OMG lighten up, we really don’t have time for all that pesky navigation BS, we have to learn about transgenderism, and diversity, and learning about same sex acceptance and relationships and how homosexuality is good for the military...Navigation, that is like so 20th century...Next you know you guys at the U.S. Naval Institute will want to start talking about things like UNREP/VERTREP, NGFS, FLIGHTOPS....so passé.
Our military has evolved beyond all of that hyper masculinity.
So they crashed a couple of ships and lost a few lives...We’re transgender now, that makes us more like Europe and that means people like us thanks to Obama.
the root causes are many and the fixes are far from easy.
Patent Bullshit. Somebody or somebodies who were supposed to be “watching”, didn’t “watch”. The Navy just wants these incidents to go away and they are hushing up all the details. Running for the woods as fast as they can.
“Many causes” my ass.
It’s a big ocean out there.
Guns or graft?
That was the choice during the Obama years.
He chose graft.
Those make-believe pigs were bought at a high price.
Hillary Clinton, while serving as Secretary of State, “lost” $6,000,000,000.
That’s just one department.
So, the Helmsman is a committee?
Right. All the more reason the story of”many reasons” is bullshit.
huh thats "Helmsperson" now
WTF? They crashed the side of their ship into the bow of another ship. That ain't easy.
I can tell you this had those been industrial accidents and the owners were found to be negligent by OSHA a response of, “Well you know the fixes are going to be far from easy” wouldn’t get a whole lot of sympathy from the government.
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