Sources: USS San Francisco skipper faces admiral's mast in sub grounding

Stars & Stripes ^ | 2/11/5 | Jon R. Anderson

[SmithL]

A source says Cmdr. Kevin Mooney, above, is slated to appear before 7th Fleet commander Vice Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert in Yokosuka on Saturday morning in connection with the Jan. 8 grounding of the USS San Francisco, shown below in dry dock at U.S. Naval Base Guam.

[SmithL]

USS San Francisco Ping

[null and void]

This is a good thing, yes?

Better that a court martial?

[Brilliant]

His career's over. Perhaps should be.

[null and void]

Perhaps. Time, and the Admiral, will tell...

[injin]

umm...hello...I'm no Submariner , but isn't there something
called Sonar that would detect obstacles in the course of travel? radar? something? How about windows ! ?

[SmithL]

Already Updated:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1341628/posts

[Coyoteman]

How about windows !

They have better software that that!

[SmithL]

NO, no, no and no.

[martin_fierro]

[OneLoyalAmerican]

among other top line certifications of its nuclear propulsion system and engineering departments.

Just a guess: The damage control department fared pretty well too.

[injin]

well darn!.....must be why the Greenville speared that
fishing trawler / fisheries educational vessel.

[Goodgirlinred]

I was wondering about sonar myself. I don't think subs have windows. LOL! If they did not give him any nautical maps that showed anything like that mountain, then how was he to have avoided it? Unless he was to have found it by sonar. Everything he had accomplished and then this don't add up. Something funny is going on. Why not a court martial? Someone died. I watch JAG. Harm and Mac would have sent it to Court Martial, but not until they had finished investigating. Hmmmm, something is wrong here.

[Rokke]

"I'm no Submariner "

Based on the rest of your post, that statement is redundant.

[injin]

I think so ;)

[Abcdefg]

Face the Admiral's mast? Don't ask, don't tell.

[drt1]

I believe they were running quiet, using passive sonar only, which would not detect anything not making noise.

[CitizenM]

I believe it goes this way: At the completion of Article 32 (the investigation) there is always a Commanding Officer or Admiral's Mast (like going in front of a magistrate or a judge or a justice of the peace in civilian terms). He can resolve it, or send it on to a Court Martial

[SmithL]

Unless it was a mighty noisy mountain, passive sonar never would have heard it.

[doug from upland]

This is a shame. The man dedicated his life to the Navy and this nation.