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USS John S. McCain collides with merchant ship in Pacific
Fox News ^ | 8/20/2017 | Fox News

Posted on 08/20/2017 5:04:57 PM PDT by Dr.Deth

USS John S. McCain has collided with a merchant vessel east of Singapore and the Strait of Malacca. The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain was involved in a collision with a merchant vessel east of Singapore and the Strait of Malacca, the Navy said in a tweet. Initial reports indicate the warship sustained damage to its port side aft. No immediate word on any casualties. Search and rescue efforts are under way in coordination with local authorities, the Navy said. The warship is named after John S. McCain, Sr., and John S. McCain, Jr., both Admirals in the U.S. Navy, and the grandfather and father, respectively, of the Arizona senator.

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KEYWORDS: bump; maritime; mccain; oops; searchworks; singapore; usnavy; ussjohnmccain
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John McCain bumping around in Singapore.

Have fun ;)

1 posted on 08/20/2017 5:04:57 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: Dr.Deth

Happening too many times.


2 posted on 08/20/2017 5:05:39 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: Dr.Deth

McNuts?!!!!


3 posted on 08/20/2017 5:05:47 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Dr.Deth

We need bigger oceans.


4 posted on 08/20/2017 5:06:59 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Islam: You have to just love a "religion" based on rape and sex slavery.)
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To: Dr.Deth

Used to be the rule never to name anything after a living person. Because he could still go bad, rotten. Like McShame


5 posted on 08/20/2017 5:07:10 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: Dr.Deth

Anything McCain touches crashes and burns.


6 posted on 08/20/2017 5:07:21 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Dr.Deth
Foreground


7 posted on 08/20/2017 5:07:56 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Dr.Deth

McShameys ship can’t even get it right


8 posted on 08/20/2017 5:08:00 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Dr.Deth

Everything about John McCain is all screwed up isn’t it?


9 posted on 08/20/2017 5:08:01 PM PDT by Bullish (Whatever it takes to MAGA)
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To: stars & stripes forever

Sounds like the Naval “Remedial Boat Driving Course” will soon be filled up.


10 posted on 08/20/2017 5:08:07 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: stars & stripes forever

>>Happening too many times.

The Navy is a dangerous life. Way too dangerous to turn it into a social experiment. The Fitzgerald investigation is turning up to be a ship where dereliction of duty was the norm.


11 posted on 08/20/2017 5:08:56 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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U.S.S. John McCain?

I've got that vessel in my toilet bowl a couple of times a day...and I send it on a mission to the local fecal matter processing plant

12 posted on 08/20/2017 5:09:16 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Dr.Deth

This has to be sarcasm, right?
Is there nothing associated with that...thing named McCain that is not ****ed up?


13 posted on 08/20/2017 5:09:18 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Dr.Deth

China’s messing with their GPS again...


14 posted on 08/20/2017 5:09:50 PM PDT by XEHRpa
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To: mass55th

He almost had a carrier to his list of “kills”.

If he’d sunk the Forrestal, he’d been the NVA ace beyond anyone’s wildest dreams.


15 posted on 08/20/2017 5:10:21 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Dr.Deth

Oh. His daddy I see. Ok I guess


16 posted on 08/20/2017 5:10:22 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: Dr.Deth

What are the navigators doing??? All the radar equipment in those ships and they can’t avoid freighters? Are the captains being punished after these crashes?


17 posted on 08/20/2017 5:11:03 PM PDT by txrefugee (.)
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To: Dr.Deth; LucyT

Once is an anomaly.

Two is a trend.


18 posted on 08/20/2017 5:11:12 PM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: faithhopecharity

Both the Johns this ship is named after are dead.


19 posted on 08/20/2017 5:11:54 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: Da Coyote

It is named for his father and grandfather. Both Admirals.


20 posted on 08/20/2017 5:12:10 PM PDT by Oldexpat
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