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Navy relieves submarine commander of duties [USS Jimmy Carter]
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Posted on 01/27/2004 8:11:02 AM PST by Sub-Driver

Navy relieves submarine commander of duties Tuesday January 27, 2004 GROTON, Conn. (AP) The Navy has relieved a submarine commander of his duties, saying it lost confidence in his abilities to command.

Cmdr. David J. Bartholomew Jr. assumed command of the Jimmy Carter about a year ago. The Seawolf-class submarine is still under construction at Electric Boat in Groton.

Bartholomew would have overseen the submarine's joining the fleet in 2005.

The Navy released few details about the incident.

Commanders are typically dismissed when the ``command climate'' of a ship is threatened, said Lt. Philip R. Rosi, a Navy spokesman.

``The decisions made by Cmdr. Bartholomew led to, or could have led to, the degradation of good order and discipline,'' Rosi said.

Bartholomew was temporarily reassigned to the staff of Submarine Group Two at the base, pending further disciplinary or administrative action, Rosi said.

Bartholomew, a native of Medfield, Mass., is a 1983 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. He made two demanding Mediterranean deployments as captain of the USS Annapolis.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: submarine; usn; ussjimmycarter
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To: Sub-Driver
Don't tell me let me guess - the boat failed its INSURV.
21 posted on 01/27/2004 8:31:46 AM PST by Johnny_Cipher (Miserable failure = http://www.michaelmoore.com/ sounds good to me!)
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To: Jewels1091
Navy has relieved a few others in the past year. Annapolis aint what it use to be.
22 posted on 01/27/2004 8:31:58 AM PST by cynicom
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To: dwilli
A female and/or SEX are involved in some manner.

My speculation is going in the same direction as yours -- it's either that or alcohol.

23 posted on 01/27/2004 8:32:21 AM PST by 68skylark
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To: Sub-Driver
My bad - it couldn't have been INSURV. Its NEWCON.
24 posted on 01/27/2004 8:33:46 AM PST by Johnny_Cipher (Miserable failure = http://www.michaelmoore.com/ sounds good to me!)
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To: j_tull
What is a goat locker?
25 posted on 01/27/2004 8:34:11 AM PST by MistrX
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To: ArrogantBustard
Yes, but not in NAVAIR.

Aviation screwups tend to delete themselves before they can be fired.

26 posted on 01/27/2004 8:34:13 AM PST by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: Gerasimov
Good guess! Mine would have been building habitats for deserving porpoises.
27 posted on 01/27/2004 8:35:11 AM PST by Dionysius
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To: MistrX
The "goat locker" is the boat's complement of Chief Petty Officers.
28 posted on 01/27/2004 8:35:28 AM PST by Johnny_Cipher (Miserable failure = http://www.michaelmoore.com/ sounds good to me!)
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To: Pukin Dog; hchutch
My bet:

It involves alcohol, "improper relationships" with Navy women, or some combination thereof.
29 posted on 01/27/2004 8:35:46 AM PST by Poohbah ("Beware the fury of a patient man" -- John Dryden)
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To: Pukin Dog
Aviation screwups tend to delete themselves before they can be fired.

"A doctor buries his mistakes. A pilot is buried by his mistakes."

30 posted on 01/27/2004 8:36:36 AM PST by Poohbah ("Beware the fury of a patient man" -- John Dryden)
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To: Poohbah
Scuttlebutt: It was a married woman.
31 posted on 01/27/2004 8:37:08 AM PST by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: Sub-Driver
Whoa!

I'd say the USS Jimmuh has potential for being a jinxed ship. (I mean, would YOU want to serve on it? It would just circle endlessly to the left . . . )

32 posted on 01/27/2004 8:37:34 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (. . . sed, ut scis, quis homines huiusmodi intellegere potest?. . .)
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To: Johnny_Cipher
Its NEWCON

Coulda flunked the pre-startup ORSE.

33 posted on 01/27/2004 8:37:43 AM PST by j_tull
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To: Pukin Dog
Scuttlebutt: It was a married woman.

Presumably not married to the skipper...

34 posted on 01/27/2004 8:37:49 AM PST by Poohbah ("Beware the fury of a patient man" -- John Dryden)
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To: michaelt
Or maybe the captain just didn't want to be associated with Jimmuh Carter...

Can't say I'd blame him. ;-)

35 posted on 01/27/2004 8:37:57 AM PST by StriperSniper (Mine the borders)
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To: Poohbah
No, one of his JOs.
36 posted on 01/27/2004 8:38:27 AM PST by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: j_tull
Coulda flunked the pre-startup ORSE.

Oh, good grief.

37 posted on 01/27/2004 8:39:25 AM PST by Poohbah ("Beware the fury of a patient man" -- John Dryden)
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To: Pukin Dog; Poohbah
Yeah, that could cause problems in the chain of command...
38 posted on 01/27/2004 8:39:51 AM PST by hchutch (Why did the Nazgul run from Arwen's flash flood? All they managed to do was to end up dying tired.)
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To: Pukin Dog
Yeah, some PO'd Ell-Tee shooting the skipper in the wardroom is contrary to good order and discipline...
39 posted on 01/27/2004 8:41:00 AM PST by Poohbah ("Beware the fury of a patient man" -- John Dryden)
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To: j_tull
Coulda flunked the pre-startup ORSE.

True. Using the reactor to heat your morning coffee could ruin your whole day.

40 posted on 01/27/2004 8:42:13 AM PST by Johnny_Cipher (Miserable failure = http://www.michaelmoore.com/ sounds good to me!)
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