Posted on 01/20/2005 7:33:30 AM PST by SmithL
Commander Mooney has been reassigned.
Uncharted Bump.
.........the Uncharted Bump had Chinese motors?
/Tim Clancey??
I wonder if this is similar to putting a police officer on leave after a shooting.
I'm hopeful that he will be reinstated after the investigation.
BWDIK...
A captain of a US warship is always responsible for his ship and crew. The fact is that the commander of a US Navy ship has awesome powers relative to almost any other segmant of American society. With that power though comes responsibility.
Its indeed unfortunate that the charts may have been suspect but I'm troubled by several questions Why was he so close to a potential obstruction even if the charting wasn't exact? How far off were the charts?
The fact remains that much is expected of our military officers and justifiably so. The Captain of the San Franciso will get fair hearings by men that know what they are doing.
Maybe he refused to comply with San Francisco's new disarmament policy?
The Commodore rarely has a sense of humor in such matters.
Reassigned, is to be expected. His ship is in dry dock for who knows how long. Reassigned is no big deal if he is reassigned to another career building position.
It's not like they have windshields.
Yes. What is different from the many previous transits made through this region.
According to reports I've read online, there wasn't a charted obstacle within three miles of the sub's location.
Pls answer a question - a sub is a boat and a frigate is a ship. What's the difference and why?
The commander of the San Francisco was relieved of command for striking an uncharted underwater mountain. John F. Kennedy was hailed as a hero for getting his boat run over by an enemy vessel. I'm not trying to hammer Kennedy, but I can't imagine any other situation in which a commander of a naval vessel could allow his boat to be run over, be lauded as a hero for it, and actually have parade floats built of the destroyed craft.
Should have had his headlights on high beam!
An ocean is nothing more than a very dense fog...
Anyway, the CO had to go since he is ultimately responsible for everything that sub does. One thing I loved about the Navy was accountability -- harsh but always equal (very unlike CBS News). He'll be lucky if he isn't sent to Diego Garcia or presiding over a land-locked bootcamp. But if he's a good guy, he'll redeem himself. Cream rises to the top.
No, the frigate is a target.
Because the CO in the Navy is responsible for everything.
Keeps 'em on their toes...
Why not? If he was not negligent, he is the victim of a random event. If it's a random event, it could have happened to anyone. By this reasoning I should refuse to serve on any crew in the Navy. If one captain is to be shunned, is the Navy superstitious? I doubt it. But I do suspect a CYA culture that destroys careers because self-preservation is prized more highly than loyalty or justice or even the Navy's objective interest in retaining an experienced officer. Maybe it's accepted because in the absence of wartime casualties, this is one way to speed promotions. My two cents.
Great submariner answer!!!
What's the old saying? There are two kinds of naval vessels - submarines and targets.
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