In charge of The Connecticut since August 2019. Possible affirmative acction promotion.
Posted on 11/04/2021 2:24:24 PM PDT by DFG
The US Navy has fired a nuclear submarine's Commanding Officer, Executive Officer and Chief of the Boat for 'loss of confidence' after their vessel collided with an 'uncharted seamount' in the South China Sea.
The $3.1 billion USS Connecticut's CO Cmdr Cameron Aljilani, XO Lt Cmdr Patrick Cashin and COB Cory Rodgers were relieved of their positions on Wednesday.
A seamount is a mountain which rises from the ocean floor.
A statement from the Navy said that the October 2 crash, which injured 11 crew members, could have been prevented with 'sound judgement, prudent decision-making and adherence to required procedures in navigation planning'.
Three interim officers were ordered to fill in and the Seawolf-class submarine is reportedly in Guam 'undergoing damage assessment' overseen by the Naval Sea Systems Command.
On the day the USS Connecticut struck the underwater mountain there were soaring tensions with China after 39 warplanes breached Taiwanese airspace and a record 56 aircraft flew into the zone two days later in a 24-hour period.
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If not they would never have gotten their positions in the first place.
It used to be that other militaries copied us. But apparently we are copying the Chinese now. Next step is to depower our planes, install inferior subsystems and replace the current submarine reactors with noisy ones. Sort of even the playing field with China. Oh yeah and don’t forget to reduce the troops’ physical conditioning and train them to not be able to mentally survive being in the field more than a few days. What else? Surrender to India at the drop of a hat? We have a way to go to equal Chinese troops.
He’s been a bubblehead his entire commissioned career, except for a 2-year TDY supporting command as a speechwriter (?). All part of seeing and being seen prior to getting his own boat.
In charge of The Connecticut since August 2019. Possible affirmative acction promotion.
I’m a landlubber, but wouldn’t this boat have sonar and other aids to be able to detect objects in their path?
If O’Bungo had a brother....
I may be wrong, but I suspect the Navy has standard procedures in place to avoid ANY unexpected obstacles (such as another sub, some debris, whatever).
And I suspect the standard procedures were not followed.
Was the cartographer relieved of duty?
It may have not been the accident itself but conduct after.
“Fires?”
I saw that, but was relieved to see it stated correctly in the text.
It’s good to see heads roll when SHTF, but I wish I could feel better about the Obamapurged officer corps in general to find worthy replacements.
In the Alphabet Navy those gay orgies kind of get in the way of navigation....
Active sonar can give away your position. They may well have been in stealth mode with the rising tensions with China
Cmdr Cameron Aljilani is a VERY smart guy who is very dedicated to the USN; it is unfortunate that the submarine collided with an uncharted seamount ....
You know, all that stuff to make noise so people won’t get in your way.
A SEAWOLF class attack sub in the South China Sea - a scary thought for Chinese Navy. Well, at least until this guy - “just pile up crap in rando places, we’ll be fine!”
XO is the Navigator, Senior Enlisted is Chief of the Boat
That would be my guess. Probably went too fast and without following other procedures as well. Maybe didn’t even know where they were, which would be hard to do with the inertial guidance systems we have now. Would also explain why the others were sacked as well— probably no record of their bringing up SOP or even they suggested the faulty procedures and the captain just went along.
Pics of all three fellows here plus one Vice Adm Karl Thomas; https://en.mogaznews.com/World-News/1855906/US-Navy-FIRES-USS-officers-for-loss-of-confidence-after-nuclear-powered-.html
The Navy has gone full, ahem, woke.
Yes, but using those devices makes you detectable and submarines do not want to be detected in most circumstances. Passive sonar can only detect things that are making a noise. Active sonar can detect things that aren't making a noise, but makes a noise itself.
It's a constant tradeoff for submarines but under operational conditions they are generally relying on passive sensors only because one of the biggest advantages a sub has is being hard to detect.
Good point— we don’t know the details.
“Let me drive you around the mount?”
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