Posted on 02/13/2025 9:23:30 AM PST by hillarys cankles
The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Egypt, officials said.
The US Navy said the carrier collided with the Besiktas-M ship at 11:46 p.m. Wednesday while operating near Port Said, in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Don’t both those ships have local pilots?
It’s going to take a while to clean up the military...
Bidens Hamas resupply pier disappeared from the news after it broke up.
What has four bars and a wrecked billion dollar ship? That’s correct Little Joie, a new Lieutenant Commander.
So who ran into who?
“Someone isn’t commanding a ship ever again.”
The moment the ship I was on (USS Mars AFS-1) collided with the USS Cook (FF 1083) our very senior captain said, “GD, that’s it.” He was talking about his career. He was so senior he was allowed to take the ship back to our homeport, but then he was gone. The captain of the Cook, a commander, went away immediately from what we were told, never to be seen again.
The collision was roughly 10 miles north of the canal in the Mediterranean. Cargo ship was leaving the area, so would have already dropped of the canal pilot. Scores of ships in the area either waiting to enter the canal, or exiting.
Was that the bad collision in the fog off San Diego in the late 70s?
MAYBE IT WAS CAUSED BY THE OTHER SHIP????
DELIBERATELY ????
https://theaviationist.com/2025/02/13/uss-harry-s-truman-collides-with-merchant-vessel-off-egypt/
Yes, with a list of recent major collisions and causes. Thannks
USS Harry S. Truman to merchant shipping “Get out da way!”
New Zealand take note: this steward of the U.S. citizen’s warship will not be given a commendation..
Perhaps. The Besiktas-M is owned by a Turkish company, even though the flag was Panama.
I guess the support ships let one yhrough about half the size of a carrier. Gonna leave a mark no matter what they claim today.
Work order for horn replacement still open?.
“Was that the bad collision in the fog off San Diego in the late 70s?”
Yep. I was standing about 50 feet from point of impact on main deck. I had been on the ship about 3 months. I thought we were going to sink.
“On May 14, 1979, USS Cook (DE-1083) and USS Mars (AFS-1) collided off Point Loma, near San Diego, California, in heavy fog while both ships were en route to San Clemente Island.”
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