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Two U.S. Navy Ships Collide in Strait of Hormuz, Injuring 15
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Posted on 03/20/2009 6:48:01 AM PDT by Scythian

MANAMA, Bahrain — The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet says two of its vessels — a submarine and an amphibious ship — collided in the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and the Arabian peninsula early Friday.

The military says in a statement that the collision occurred around 1:00 a.m. local time on Friday (5 p.m. EDT, Thursday).

The USS Hartford, a submarine, collided with an amphibious ship, the USS New Orleans.

According to the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, 15 soldiers aboard the Hartford were slightly injured but able to return to duty. No injuries were reported aboard the New Orleans.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hormuz; submarine; tm; usnavy; usshartford; ussneworleans
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To: TheZMan

You thought incorrectly. They have message traffic.


61 posted on 03/20/2009 7:18:01 AM PDT by stuartcr (If the end doesn't justify the means...why have different means?)
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To: stuartcr

ah the good ol’ days of being bad.


62 posted on 03/20/2009 7:18:10 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: PogySailor

If there really were soldiers onboard, it was probably something else.


63 posted on 03/20/2009 7:19:15 AM PDT by stuartcr (If the end doesn't justify the means...why have different means?)
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To: Doohickey

Yea, memory failed and so did browser we we <300


64 posted on 03/20/2009 7:20:01 AM PDT by edcoil (Are we there yet?)
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To: AndyJackson

It’s hard to get away with that kind of stuff anymore...you should hear the one’s about marines!!!


65 posted on 03/20/2009 7:20:30 AM PDT by stuartcr (If the end doesn't justify the means...why have different means?)
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To: Doohickey

Yea, memory failed and so did browser we were <300

doesn’t change the fact a sub should never hit a target.


66 posted on 03/20/2009 7:20:33 AM PDT by edcoil (Are we there yet?)
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To: Scythian

Reminds me of a few years back when I was Whale Watching in San Diego Bay. A Navy sub surfaced RIGHT NEXT TO OUR 80 foot boat and scared the cr@p out of all of us on board!

I hate being on the water. It always turns out badly for me...


67 posted on 03/20/2009 7:20:56 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Slapshot68

Wrong N.O. link and the ship is not amphibious - it is a transport for amphibious ships.


68 posted on 03/20/2009 7:23:03 AM PDT by NY.SS-Bar9
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To: Scythian

I was on the USS Mars (AFS 1) when it collided with USS Cook (FF 1083) in 1979. Very interesting experience.


69 posted on 03/20/2009 7:26:00 AM PDT by suthener
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To: suthener

Probably not as exciting as when the Belknap hit the JFK...but any bumping at sea is good reason to change the skivvies.


70 posted on 03/20/2009 7:32:06 AM PDT by stuartcr (If the end doesn't justify the means...why have different means?)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
A Navy sub surfaced RIGHT NEXT TO OUR 80 foot boat

At least it didn't surface UNDER you as happened with a Japanese fishing boat off Hawaii in 2001 resulting in several dead fishermen.

71 posted on 03/20/2009 7:32:40 AM PDT by CedarDave (DHS Sec. Napolitano - No such thing as terrorism, just man-caused disasters!!!)
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To: al baby

except when they are in port... at which point, all seamen are released

:)


72 posted on 03/20/2009 7:35:15 AM PDT by sten
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To: stuartcr

Interesting, thanks. Now I’m wondering how they transmit without giving up location.


73 posted on 03/20/2009 7:36:34 AM PDT by TheZMan (Revolution.)
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To: edcoil
a sub should never hit a target.

Believe HARTFORD was certified for all-electronic (paperless) navigation. There should have been all sorts of alarms going off on the Control Room prior to impact.
74 posted on 03/20/2009 7:36:44 AM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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To: stuartcr

can you freepmail it?


75 posted on 03/20/2009 7:36:52 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: TheZMan

Modern technology.


76 posted on 03/20/2009 7:37:47 AM PDT by stuartcr (If the end doesn't justify the means...why have different means?)
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To: mgc1122
“I can see two new openings for captains...”

So right you are — and for very good reasons !

It seems these Naval mishaps come in “bunches” — from my experience over the years.

Time for the Navy to have a close look at our competency level and optempo. These two elements of the equation are intregally related IMHO.

The rapid rotation of the Commanding Officers is one compelling factor in the competency issue. Additionally, often some of the truly unsatisfactory naval ship captains are long gone — often promoted to 0-7 — before their detrimental impact upon the commands have been fully ascertained.

(I speak to this issue with substantial first hand experience.)

Kindest personal regards.

77 posted on 03/20/2009 7:39:47 AM PDT by dk/coro
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To: Thrownatbirth
There should have been all sorts of alarms going off on the Control Room prior to impact

The idiot OOD should have had all sorts of alarms going of in his head, like what is that skimmer @*(#*! doing turning towards me, as he rings up flank, and puts the rudder over to evade while calling the CO to contact the idiot's commodore and B!Tc4. This is like bumper cars between a tandem truck and a Corvette.

78 posted on 03/20/2009 7:40:47 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: EricT.

The goofballs that write the stories don’t think there is a difference.


79 posted on 03/20/2009 7:41:01 AM PDT by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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To: stuartcr
Some years ago, the Navy discovered that they needed to insist that officers spend a lot of time sailing sailboats, sort of like kids on the playground with tricycles before you let them have cars.

I'm guessing that our hyperregulated modern military, worried more about which uniform is in and which is out, forgot that you are giving expensive toys to not very experienced boys and girls and you need to train them to do their real jobs.

80 posted on 03/20/2009 7:44:48 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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