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Navy Missile Cruiser Runs Aground Near Honolulu
Fox News ^ | February 7, 2009

Posted on 02/07/2009 11:34:34 AM PST by Zakeet

Navy officials say an attempt to pull free a 9,600-ton warship that ran aground off the coast of Honolulu has been unsuccessful.

The U.S. Pacific Fleet says Navy tugboats and salvage ship USS Salvor tried to tow the USS Port Royal early Saturday but the guided missile cruiser remained stuck.

The Navy says it plans to try again after extracting fuel and water from the $1 billion vessel.

The 9,600-ton ship, while carrying guests that included a rear admiral, ran aground Thursday night on a sandy, rocky bottom. The cause of the grounding, as well the extent of the damage to the ship, remains under investigation.

An initial effort by Navy tugs early Friday to free the guided missile cruiser USS Port Royal also was unsuccessful.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: accident; cruiser; navy; ussportroyal
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To: Zakeet

Pearl is notorious for its shallow, sandy, bottom, always shifting with the currents and storms. One notes that when the Japanese sunk our battleships there they just settled a little deeper before hitting bottom, topsides still above the water.


21 posted on 02/07/2009 12:07:33 PM PST by pabianice
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To: PAR35

I believe it is one of only three Aegis cruisers with BMD capabilities. This would create a real shortage in our defenses, particularly with Obama in no hurry to deploy additional BMD.


22 posted on 02/07/2009 12:08:36 PM PST by Nicholas Jenkins
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To: Zakeet

And they call Coasties shallow water saliors ha ha.Fear not the Coast Guard will save them.


23 posted on 02/07/2009 12:08:49 PM PST by bikerman
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To: skeeter
Judging from the photo she looks hard aground.

Yah. Ouch.

while carrying guests that included a rear admiral

Ow... double ouch. But at least the guests had a memorable day.

24 posted on 02/07/2009 12:09:00 PM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Screaming_Gerbil
doesn't that ship seem REALLY close to shore?

Half mile off, at the airport.

Maybe the admiral wanted a lift from the dry docks, to catch a flight?

Seems an odd spot to be off-loading shore-based officials, including a rear admiral.

25 posted on 02/07/2009 12:13:06 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (The Marching Morons are coming...and are double-timing!)
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To: Zakeet
Some poor Swab is in a lot of trouble over this!


It's Bush's Obama's Fault!

26 posted on 02/07/2009 12:13:07 PM PST by B-Cause (It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived.)
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To: skeeter

Yep.


27 posted on 02/07/2009 12:30:18 PM PST by ExpatGator (Extending logic since 1961.)
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To: Screaming_Gerbil

How can you not see that shoal area?
Night time.


28 posted on 02/07/2009 12:32:22 PM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Screaming_Gerbil
If she is on sand its going to be a matter of removing all the fuel and ammo then waiting for high tide. But there appear to be breakers around it. If she is pinned on the rocks its not so much a guided missile cruiser, but a new artificial reef.
29 posted on 02/07/2009 12:34:31 PM PST by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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To: Zakeet

I was on the USS Enterprise when she ran aground in S.F. Bay.
It was pretty dam funny except that it extended our 6 month cruise by about 14 more hours.


30 posted on 02/07/2009 12:36:28 PM PST by misanthrope (Liberals just plain suck!!)
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To: Zakeet
Shoals 1
Squid 0
31 posted on 02/07/2009 12:38:29 PM PST by llevrok (Feral Conservative)
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To: Zakeet
Ok,I get the latest Aegis radars the fiber optic communications, etc. But didn't anyone look out the window?
Those pictures are pretty ugly. I understand there is more to the incident, but heck, when a surfer has to go around you to continue to surf, you are a bit close. When the guys swabbing the deck can order from a drive through, you are a bit close.
I feel sorry for the captain.
32 posted on 02/07/2009 12:41:06 PM PST by IrishCatholic (No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
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To: Zakeet

I guess the skipper of that boat will not make REAR admiral even though he has proven to be in aREARS with respect to navigational ability.


33 posted on 02/07/2009 12:42:27 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: Zakeet
*I can see Rush Limbaugh out on the golf course from the wheel house*


Wait a minute ... yep. He's waving!
34 posted on 02/07/2009 12:52:51 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life ;o)
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To: Zakeet
I'm sure some Somali Pirates are having a good, “Arghh” over this.
35 posted on 02/07/2009 1:11:14 PM PST by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: Liberty Valance

“I can see Russia from my front window.”


36 posted on 02/07/2009 1:11:18 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Zakeet
Swab, some ships captain needs to brush off those retirement papers and start looking for a new job.
37 posted on 02/07/2009 1:16:34 PM PST by org.whodat (Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts for Super-Rich Bankers! Republicans do!)
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To: HangnJudge
which occurred about a mile and a half from the entrance to Pearl Harbor, are under investigation.

There goes the old uncharted waters BS.

38 posted on 02/07/2009 1:18:36 PM PST by org.whodat (Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts for Super-Rich Bankers! Republicans do!)
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To: Cicero

L0L!


39 posted on 02/07/2009 1:32:44 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life ;o)
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To: Zakeet

Just hope it isn’t the same person that surfaced the sub on the Japanese tuna fishermen some years back. They were carring guest, also.


40 posted on 02/07/2009 1:40:55 PM PST by chemicalman (Government is not the solution to our problem, government IS the problem. (R.R.))
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