[buccaneer81]

Career killer.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Should be.

[1776 Reborn]

Next assignment, Capt of the Minnow.

[Pessimist]

Guess when the correct the problem, it will be “Ex-Lax” behavior.

[thefactor]

they tolerated sleeping?!

i assume they mean sleeping on post.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Ouch!

[rlmorel]

"...The submarine had five known "sleepers," or sailors who would routinely nod off on watch..."

Good God. Are they crazy? I was in an attack squadron during the Seventies when I would think standards would have been even more lax, and I was petrified that I would nod off during mid watch ON A BASE ON A SUNDAY WITH NO FLIGHT OPS!

Maybe it is just me, but I can't see someone being on an attack sub, in the Persian Gulf, nodding off while on watch. Just can't see it.

On a related note, when I was on the Kennedy, they had a guy standing midwatch on the port quarter, and he fell asleep. His buddy came to talk to him, saw he was asleep, and dreamed up a great prank. He snuck over on his hands and knees, tied his buddy's shoelaces together, then went back into the ship and projecting his voice through the hatch said "Man Overboard! Man Overboard!" He said it just loud enough for his buddy to hear through his sound powered phones, and he leaped to his feet falling on his face in the process.

The only problem was someone up on the catwalk above heard the Man Overboard and raised the alarm. The entire task force awoke in the middle of the night and began recovery procedures.

Both sailors were court martialed.

[blue-duncan]

“Navy finds lax behavior aboard sub in collision (USS Hartford)”

That’s nothing, they should see the behavior of the officials of the City of Hartford.

[iowamark]

The Hartford's commanding officer, Cmdr. Ryan Brookhart, was relieved of his duties after the accident. He could not immediately be located for comment Wednesday.

[A.A. Cunningham]

090521-N-8467N-002 GROTON, Conn. (May 21, 2009) Line handlers aboard the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Hartford (SSN 768) cast lines ashore upon the ships return home to Submarine Base New London after a month-long surface transit from Bahrain. Hartford sustained major damage to her sail in a March 20 collision with the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Strait of Hormuz. (U.S. Navy photo by John Narewski/Released)

090426-N-8053S-014 MANAMA, Bahrain (April 26, 2009) An opening cut by divers around a 16 by 18 foot hole before dry-docking the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) is visible while evaluating the ship. New Orleans was damaged during a collision with the Los Angeles class attack submarine USS Hartford (SSN 768) in the Strait of Hormuz March 20, 2009. The ship arrived to the Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard dry-dock facility April 25 to repair the damage. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class D. Keith Simmons/Released)

090321-N-9909C-211 BAHRAIN (March 21, 2009) The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Hartford (SSN 768) pulls into Mina Salman pier in Bahrain where U.S. Navy engineers and inspection teams will assess and evaluate damage that resulted from a collision with the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Strait of Hormuz March 20. Overall damage to both ships is being evaluated. The incident remains under investigation. Hartford is deployed to the U.S. 5th fleet area of responsibility to support maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Jane Campbell/Released)

[edcoil]

Gosh, speakers in a radio room ... There are speaker through the boat. Sonar and Con control the boat not the radio room.

Even at port and starboard watches we never slept because there is always something going on during your watch. If not doing your work, there are drills and younger sailors trying to get “qualified” with you all the time.

The con screwed up and careers ended. Blaming lax crew not the officer of the deck.

[edcoil]

Gosh, speakers in a radio room ... There are speaker through the boat. Sonar and Con control the boat not the radio room.

Even at port and starboard watches we never slept because there is always something going on during your watch. If not doing your work, there are drills and younger sailors trying to get “qualified” with you all the time.

The con screwed up and careers ended. Blaming lax crew not the officer of the deck.

[Little Bill]

Ping t your thing.

[colorado tanker]

If you think sleeping on watch is bad, wait until they put women on subs.

[jaydubya2]

The collision caused $2.3 million in damage to the New Orleans, and the cost so far of repairs to the Hartford is $102.6 million, the newspaper reported.

[dog breath]

My father's destroyer once ran aground entering Pearl Harbor and it was the Captain's fault not the helmsman. That article made discipline sound lax for a small business let alone a United States Navy vessel.

[Pan_Yan]

For the record, the Hartford has a long, long way to go to catch up with the USS Jacksonville (aka USS Crashville) for most peacetime tonnage sunk or damaged. I remember tying them up the night they gutted a Saudi cargo ship.

[New Jersey Realist]

As a former Chief of the Boat (retired in 1984) I realize and understand the pressure on a submarine crew. That said, there is no excuse for lack of discipline and the CO and COB deserved to be reassigned and they should be court-martialed.