is there a bow ray-dome on that class???
Posted on 10/24/2008 12:28:53 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY
The destroyer Barry ran aground Thursday as it was preparing to dock at a port in the Black Sea, the Navy confirmed Friday.
The incident happened at about 10:30 a.m. local time, as the Norfolk-based ship was entering the Turkish port of Samsun.
The ship ran aground in silt as it was maneuvering in the port’s turning basin, about 200 yards from the pier. A harbor pilot was on board at the time, a Navy official said.
Tugs were able to free the ship with assistance from Turkish coast guard divers, and the vessel is currently moored at a Samsun pier.
Commercial divers conducted an initial assessment of the destroyer Friday and found no damage. A U.S. diving team is expected to do a follow-up inspection today.
Depending on the results, the ship will continue on its mission. The Navy also plans to investigate how the grounding happened.
The Barry left Norfolk in August to join a standing naval maritime group overseas and provide regional security. More recently, it has been operating on its own in the Black Sea, including a stop in the Georgian port town of Poti.
Thursday’s incident happened during a scheduled port visit.
Wrong. DD-933 was decommissioned Nov. 5, 1982.
See http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/933.htm.
True, and in doing so, He still has ultimate responsibility in the safety of His Vessel. If He did study the chart and it was updated as it should have been by the QM’s with the weekly Notice to Mariners, He, or the Conning Officer should know (as long as the visual bearing takers were on top of things)where, and if there were any changes in the depth of the turning basin. I would start asking if Sonar was giving depth readings, as they should be with every fix taken, as this would give the OOD, Conning Officer and CO the info that the water was shoaling that fast.
And I’m guessing they were going to the 16-17 spots down to the lower left of the chart up there. No Port Captain worth his salt would put a haze grey ship next to a “Yacht Club”...To many complaints.........
One thing for certain. Not a good time for Snipes after grounding. They’ll be cleaning sea water strainers for a long time :>{
BARRY DDG 52 grounded. But I think I remember the old Barry DD 933 was our escort a few times in the late 70’s.
‘Didn’t the Missouri or some carrier run aground in San Francisco Bay ‘
It was the Enterprise. Not sure about the fate of the Captain.
I use the Cape May Canal to take my boat between Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, and the waters off the ferry terminal at the Delaware Bay end of the canal are always tricky. You watch your depth gauge like a hawk and go very slowly, ready to throw the throttle into full reverse at the slightest bump.
That said, a harbor pilot ought to know this and ought to know where the ferries typically reduce the depth.
BIG E Nov 2 1985 Here’s a great site http://www.dcfp.navy.mil/mc/museum/casualties.htm
Good points on the effect of prop wash around busy docks in silty harbors.
UQN transducer is 500 feet (+-) from the running gear. Lots of room for error, especially if twisting near dock or being pushed side-to by tugs.
Look at the legend with the depths of the various berths. At 6 meters a DDG isn't going anywhere near those berths.
with the pilot on board??
I doubt it, looks like the pilot is going to face charges, so will the port for advertising they had a lower seabed than it actually was
I wasn’t too sure the pilot would bear the brunt - I didn’t even know US Naval ships allowed pilots aboard, let alone pilot the ship.
I pray no harm comes to this good captain or his career.
The ship’s name that ran aground is Barry, as in Barry Obama :)
It IS a U.S. Destroyer. :(
OK, got it, thanks.
Barry ran a ground ;-)))
“here’s hoping that another destroyer Barry runs aground before election day.”
LOL!
I just went to Google Earth and measured that pier at berth 16 & 17. It is 1300 feet long. The jetty pointing north is .95 miles long.
Captain can’t be faulted IMHO. Harbor pilot on board, and they were in a known turning basin (per article) IN PORT. It’s not like he didn’t read a chart and ran aground on a known shoal or something.
is there a bow ray-dome on that class???
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