[RitchieAprile]

oopsie.

[\/\/ayne]

The Captain needed that oil for his hair.

[Red Badger]

Well, one less Captain in the service...................

[Darksheare]

Career ending event.

[blackdog]

All is good as long as the personnel involved were transgendered, transsexual, transvestites, or any other such key assets of an Obama military.

If it was some guy named Joe with two kids and a wife..........It's Ft. Levenworth for him.

[Steely Tom]

Antietam carries AEGIS.

[John S Mosby]

USS Port Royal in 2009 off Hawaii. The Zumwalt, completely unable to complete its mission... while transiting Panama Canal, had to be put under tow to Pearl. Some f’n punk kid decides he wants some time off and starts a fire in a dry dock and the SSN Miami (LA class sub) is kaput. Basic seamanship, training and security are all in question. We need a real kick-a@@ SecNav at the minimum and one tough top dog in the Pentagon Navy seat. This cannot continue. Keep monitoring USNaval Institute for the commentary on this— they know what is/has been going on.

[bgill]

The oil may not have leaked out but walked out.

[KingLudd]

An anchor management issue. (Not mine. I saw it in the comments of an online version of the story. )

[smokingfrog]

Seems like they should have a better system set up to warn them if their anchor is dragging. Hydraulic fluid is fairly lightweight stuff that would probably evaporate - or it might even be a water-based fluid.

[alexander_busek]

USS Antietam Likely Headed to Dry Dock for Repairs, 1,100 Gallons of Hydraulic Oil Still Missing

Well, good luck to them ever finding it now!

Are they continuing the search, or are they expecting it to turn up by itself, eventually?

Maybe they should place an ad in the shopping news, "Have You Seen Me?", with a picture of the oil.

Seriously: Who writes these crazy headlines?!

Regards,

[DoodleDawg]

The service has begun an investigation into circumstances that led to the grounding of the cruiser. A report in Navy Times said Antietam was at anchor in the bay when high winds and a strong tide pushed the ship aground before the crew could maneuver the ship to safety. The service has been reluctant to elaborate on details leading to the grounding.

If the ship was at anchor, then would it not be at anchor where the harbor authorities told it to anchor? And wouldn't the captain assume that the harbor authorities knew what they were doing when the told him to park there? So why would the captain be at fault?

[Pontiac]

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USS Antietam (CG-54) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy.

Antietam was laid down by the Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation at Pascagoula, Mississippi on 15 November 1984, launched on 14 February 1986, and commissioned on 6 June 1987 in Baltimore, Maryland.

[barmag25]

That system probably only holds 500 gallons or so of oil. Had to of been refiled completely after the grounding happened.

The chief and captain have some explaining to do.

[BlueLancer]

It's a cover-up!!

The engine room crew sold the 1100 gallons of hydraulic fluid to pay for their soy sauce addiction, and then raised the anchor just enough to cause the ship to drift!!

[donning tinfoil hat and suit]

[M Kehoe]

The hydraulic oil isn’t missing. They distilled it and drank it.

Squids are smart like that.

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