Posted on 09/07/2011 7:48:17 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner
The Navy has fired another commanding officer, the 18th this year, surpassing last years mark of 17 with slightly less than four months left to go.
Cmdr. Mark Olson of USS The Sullivans was relieved of his command due to a loss of confidence in his abilities following an Admirals Mast on Wednesday, according to a Navy news release.
Vice Adm. Daniel Holloway, commander of U.S. 2nd Fleet, made the decision after close examination of an incident that occurred Aug. 17 during a gunnery exercise in the Cherry Point Operating Area range, the release said.
Navy officials said inert rounds landed close to a civilian fishing vessel, which was mistaken for a towed target the ship was instructed to engage. The vessel and crew of the fishing vessel were unharmed.
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Thank you for your reply, and I will bump your very astute post!
As an interesting aside, the new The Sullivans was very nearly attacked by Al-Qaeda on January 3, 2000 in Port Aden, Yemen. Fortunately, the small boat was so overladen with explosives that it sank. Ten months later, using a smaller amount of explosives, these terrorists launched their infamous attack on the USS Cole.
Thank you. This former Great Lakes kid is glad to know she didn’t wind up as steel in a new Toyota or some cheap and useless Chinese import.
At least some famous veterans managed to avoid the breakers. The submarine Archerfish, credited with sinking the largest ship lost to a submarine, was expended as a target in the Pacific, the carrier Saratoga was sunk during the Bikini Atoll tests, and the battleship Oklahoma, one of two battleships lost at Pearl Harbor, was being towed back to the West Coast for scrapping when she sank in a storm.
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