We're sending MI-6 in after Elliott Carville.
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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I’m a retired Naval officer (of the Royal Australian Navy) and while my career path didn’t involve as much time handling this type of thing as others did, I know more than the basics.
What you need to understand is that under certain circumstances it is normal for ships to be operating in close proximity to each other, and as long as everybody follows the rules of the road in those circumstances collisions should not happen.
But if somebody breaks the rules, it is possible for a situation to develop that another ship cannot avoid a collision.
Any large vessel should have competent people handling things and you rely on that being true on the ships around you.
Collisions like this are so rare, largely because most of the time it is true.
I’m a retired Naval officer (of the Royal Australian Navy) and while my career path didn’t involve as much time handling this type of thing as others did, I know more than the basics.
What you need to understand is that under certain circumstances it is normal for ships to be operating in close proximity to each other, and as long as everybody follows the rules of the road in those circumstances collisions should not happen.
But if somebody breaks the rules, it is possible for a situation to develop that another ship cannot avoid a collision.
Any large vessel should have competent people handling things and you rely on that being true on the ships around you.
Collisions like this are so rare, largely because most of the time it is true.
The Seinfeld references are always just slightly off.
Like Kramers “statue” instead of “statute”.
And with Darren’s help, he’ll get that chicken!
I finally figured it out. The John McCains are from a family of Mississippi slave owners. So someone was probably trying to scrap the monument to a slave owning family.
And sometimes you can do everything right (or think you have) and still something goes wrong - hence the double post!
indeed. sounds good, and i heard some good things about him too. too bad the kid didn’t turn out well
The McCain curse.
We just thought you felt very strongly about you post — LOL.
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But still, there is radar and AIS.
Doesn’t anybody here know how to drive these things?
yes indeed. good and thanks for your nephew too
So many military “accidents” but this time I feel a bit like I did after the second jet went into the tower.
“We need bigger oceans.”
That’s funny dude.
I think the “S” mccains are both dead.
I believe it was named after his father
There is, but all that tells you is where the other ship is and what she is doing. Not what she is going to do. If she’s supposed to do something and does something else, things can get difficult very quickly.
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