Japanese destroyer collides with South Korean ship

sina english ^ | 28 Oct 09 | unknown

[GATOR NAVY]

Smoke billows from the bow of Japanese navy destroyer JS Kurama after it collided with a commercial vessel in Kanmon strait, off southern Japan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. The fire on the 7,400-ton container ship was extinguished shortly after the collision. The navy destroyer was still on fire late Tuesday, though it was largely under control.(AP Photo/Kyodo News)

Fire and smoke spew from the bow of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer Kurama as a ship crew tries to fight the fire in the Kammon Straits in Fukuoka prefecture, south of Japan October 27, 2009. The Japanese destroyer collided with a South Korean container ship on Tuesday night in the Kammon Straits, leaving a crew of JMSDF vessel Kurama injured, according to local media. (REUTERS/Mainichi Shimbun)

Water is hosed over the bow of Japanese navy destroyer JS Kurama on fire after it collided with a commercial vessel in Kanmon strait, off southern Japan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. The fire on the 7,400-ton container ship was extinguished shortly after the collision. The navy destroyer was still on fire late Tuesday, though it was largely under control.(AP Photo/Kyodo News)

[Larry Lucido]

Looks like the container ship destroyed the destroyer.

[cmsgop]

YOU SUNK MY BATTLESHIP !!!

[freedumb2003]

How does that happen? It isn’t like they can’t see each other.

[RichInOC]

CAPTAIN: WHAT HAPPEN?
ADMIRAL: YOU NOT KNOW WHAT YOU DOING.

[FreedomPoster]

Entirely the destroyer’s fault, from what I can see.

[GATOR NAVY]

I've never been through the Kanmon Straits but I'm familiar with the area. Tidal currents run up to 7-8 knots and there are some pretty sharp turns. There is a Traffic Separation Scheme as the route is pretty heavily traveled. It's the passage between the Korea Straits and the Inland Sea.

JDS Kurama

[TXnMA]

Destroyer captain to crew:

"Attention all hands: Anyone on board have katana and piece of rice paper?"

[Lockbar]

The Japanese crew were obviously on their lap tops and arguing over a new crew schedule.

[gaijin]

OH wow I’m so relieved it wasn’t us...! Sounds terrible to say, I know.

When we’re involved in something like this, we just get the blame so hard and fast....FINALLY it happens to someone else..!!!

Boy neither side is going 2b tickled about THIS, I’ll tell ya that..!

[Alter Kaker]

For all of you who are out of work, you might want to fine tune your resumes as I think there might be an immediate vacancy for Captain in the Japanese Navy.

[OldDeckHand]

I know two somebodies that will shortly be getting relieved. One’s a Korean, and the other is Japanese. The Japanese naval officer is lucky that it’s not 1909 - otherwise, he’d be losing his head along with his commission.

[narses]

Very neat ship.

[GATOR NAVY]

Hard to say but if it was head to head like this sounds

The defense official said the Japanese ship's bow was badly burned and mangled, but the vessel was still capable of traveling on its own. The container ship's hull was grazed near its bow.

it could be both ship's fault. Both ships are obligated to maneuver in a meeting situation.

That said, from what I know of the straits a meeting situation is not common. Because of the currents traffic is generally one-way through the straits-stemming the current. Down stream traffic is discouraged and maybe even prohibited, I can't remember for sure.

[GeronL]

Isn’t there some type of traffic control system?

[GeronL]

arguing over girls in school uniforms, barely

[stuartcr]

That’s what everyone asked when the USS Belknap ran into the carrier Kennedy.

[Ramius]

Well, most collisions require a mix of fault on the part of both ships.

[GATOR NAVY]

How does that happen? It isn’t like they can’t see each other.

Trust me, at night, in a narrow waterway, with the shore as lit up as it is here, it can be harder than you might think to track another ship's running lights. But that's where radar comes in as an aid.

[freedumb2003]

>>Trust me, at night, in a narrow waterway, with the shore as lit up as it is here, it can be harder than you might think to track another ship’s running lights. But that’s where radar comes in as an aid.<<

Thanks, Navy — at least I understand how there may have been a cock-up that needs to be investigated.