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US Navy ship collides with oil tanker in Gulf
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| August 12, 2012
Posted on 08/12/2012 8:40:19 AM PDT by JerseyanExile
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To: norwaypinesavage
"looks it might be near the stern"
Just forward of the Bridge....
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posted on
08/12/2012 9:11:51 AM PDT
by
moose07
(The truth will out, one day.)
To: JerseyanExile
Any grounding or collision is the end of the Captain’s career. Sorry to hear of this incident.
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posted on
08/12/2012 9:12:08 AM PDT
by
omega4179
( el 0bama comio un perro)
To: llevrok
Technically it is called an Arleigh-Burke class Destroyer, but it’s main defensive systems are missiles, not deck guns or depth charges. One of the little friends that protects the carriers.
That big flat thing above the ‘gaping hole’ is one of the faces of the Phased Array Radar that comprises the AN/SPY-1 radar which is the ‘reach out and touch’ part of the missile system.
Based on the damage and the rippling in the hull and other superstructure, at least that face of the phased array radar is likely very much “uncalibrated” now. This is a lot of damage and I’d bet much more internal damage to critical defense systems exists. It will spend some time in port.
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posted on
08/12/2012 9:15:42 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: JerseyanExile
That going to leave a mark.
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posted on
08/12/2012 9:16:34 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: moose07
Which may indicate a starboard turn in front of the tanker...
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posted on
08/12/2012 9:17:33 AM PDT
by
stormer
To: Stonewall Jackson
Getting PT-109 split in half worked out OK for a Kennedy.
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posted on
08/12/2012 9:18:20 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Paladin2
Grounding an Oldsmobile didn’t seem to have any long term effects on another.
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posted on
08/12/2012 9:19:18 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Gaffer
Yep. (but there are four guns on deck. Lucky me, I got to shoot one during a family cruise)
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posted on
08/12/2012 9:19:17 AM PDT
by
bonfire
To: JerseyanExile
if the tanker was full, might that be about anchor lever???
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posted on
08/12/2012 9:19:45 AM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: omega4179
The Spruance I was on and later left with an honorable in 93 went back to the PG later that year.
Several months after I got out, an acquaintance of mine ran down my phone and called me up. He had transferred on a little after I left but he kept in touch with some of the former crew.
He found out from one of them that the CO had ran the old tub aground on some reefs in the Indian Ocean and went silent for a couple of days. He hoped for a tide to lift him out. It never did. He finally called home to report his problem.
The next day, a chopper landed just long enough for a real captain to come on board and the commander to get on.
A few months back I was talking to some guy at my church who is an officer in Naval Reserves. He was active then. We got to talking some and the Nicholson reef incident came up. He confirmed the story as it was quite the hot topic in some circles.
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posted on
08/12/2012 9:20:30 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: stormer
Thankfully it wasn’t in front of a carrier. Ooops..
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posted on
08/12/2012 9:21:09 AM PDT
by
moose07
(The truth will out, one day.)
To: JerseyanExile
"Both vessels are okay ...
Our frikkin' destroyer certainly isnt! Didn't the guy making that statement actually look at the damage pictures before issuing it?
Or maybe we've finally figured out what happened to Baghdad Bob.
To: JerseyanExile
"Watch that tanker..."
"Tanker? What tanker?"
"That tanker!"
"Oh. Uh oh..."
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posted on
08/12/2012 9:22:18 AM PDT
by
stormer
To: JerseyanExile
You can go to the ship's webpage and see the commanding officer
here Porter
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posted on
08/12/2012 9:22:46 AM PDT
by
Pappy Smear
(Steve King for Congress!)
To: JerseyanExile
To: JerseyanExile
Well, if we use the Liberal Democrats' twisted political logic on this...
then CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NYT and the WaPo should be screaming
Obama nearly sank a US Destroyer and an Oil Tanker and almost closed the Strait of Hormuz!
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posted on
08/12/2012 9:25:02 AM PDT
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: moose07
Thankfully it wasnt in front of a carrier. Ooops..
Can you say "Belknap" boys and girls?
Or "Hobson" for that matter ...
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks JerseyanExile.
...near the Strait of Hormuz... Panamanian-flagged bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan...
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posted on
08/12/2012 9:26:58 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: JerseyanExile
Now it really does look like a tin can.
IMHO, where were the watches?, where was the OOD? Where was the helmsman? I’m surprised the close proximity warnings weren’t sounding nor the Phalanx not locking onto the approaching vessel.
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posted on
08/12/2012 9:28:19 AM PDT
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: Pappy Smear
You can go to the ship's webpage and see the commanding officer here Porter
My money's on the Command Master Chief taking the fall for this.
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