Posted on 08/23/2017 10:01:49 AM PDT by beebuster2000
On the bridge of the Fitz, the OOD was in charge.
OODs on duty receive exact, timely, information from the ships sensors, including Combat Information Center (CIC) about the location, course, speed, and trajectory of all objects on, above, or below the surface. the Fitzs OOD had precise warning, perhaps 45 minutes before the collision happened, that he was on a collision course. The OOD either removes the problem by changing course by one or two degrees on his own authority, or, notifies the captain who then makes the course adjustment. Surely, this OOD did none of the above.
we do know that he/she did not notify the captain because, at the time of impact, the captain was asleep in his cabin.
The Navys report mentions the names of other officersbut not that of the OOD. Who is this officer, and why the Navys effort to divert attention from his identity? Perhaps the Fitzs OOD is a member of a politically protected class, despite incompetence?
the officer in charge of damage control managed the damage control parties from the bridge. Since success in damage control depends so heavily on stopping troubles as close to the source as possible, speed of decisions and execution is essential. Like any other officer who has received damage control training I cannot imagine trying to manage a fast moving situation by having someone close to the problem interpret the problem for me and then relay my orders. The Fitzs damage control fiasco may be a small reflection of the OODs failure on the bridge. What was that officer doing before the collision that so diverted his/her judgment, and after the collision that it took him/her 14 minutes to sound General Quarters?
(Excerpt) Read more at amgreatness.com ...
Notably, some of the features, such as lack of nervousness, are helpful in organizational leadership and command positions. If one knew nothing else about them, most people would be intuitively inclined to pick as officer on deck a cool, collected type instead of a fidgety, nervous sort. Yet the hand-wringing worry wart might be the better choice to get a ship through waters that had the risk of collision or other mishap.
So many mishaps in such a short time span indicates serious command and leadership problems. Maybe too many training hours and time spent on social engineering? Could it be the false gratification of “diversity” over competence? The Navy is in trouble........at the HIGHEST levels.
You can bet that if political correctness caused this disaster, the Navy will do all it can to cover it up. Women handling a damage control party is like women fire fighters, unable to lift the equipment necessary to calm the situation and requiring the men to do double duty with, in this case, the resulting loss of life likely.
PJ, you know there are multiple ways a big bad ass navel vessel has to detect crap out there,
Either on purpose, systems hack or some junior officer is worthless.
Lights?
Yes, I’m aware of the methods of detection available on the Naval Ship; however, commercial ships are supposed to have their lights on. If the freighter failed to have them on, then they turned them off for a reason, which means that the collision was on purpose, on top of the failure of the watch.
Aliska, do you know that interpretation of the course of the ACX Crystal is completely and totally wrong?
That the information as you referenced it is completely outdated, and was outdated within a day or two of the actual collision?
He is correct...I assume you were reading early reports.
Thanks for the correction, can put that behind me now and wonder who really dunnit.
that rings true. i used to race dinghies right off the kings point academy. Weatherly used to be moored there.
I find this statement odd. Perhaps surface ships are different from subs, but I never changed course by only one or two degrees (surfaced or submerged) to avoid coming close to another ship. Part of the point of the maneuver is to make an obvious course change, so the other ship knows you have taken action and does not do something stupid (and in violation of the rules) to avoid a collision you have already avoided. Also, part of the point is to change course so much that even mistake/malice from the other ship cannot create a crisis.
All F-14s had been taken out of service when they gave Cptn Holly Graf a cruiser.
Was OOD a female, homosexual, tranny, undecided, or all of the above?
“...at the time of impact, the captain was asleep in his cabin.”
Facts not in evidence. It is only known that the CO was in his quarters - after the collusion, well what was left of his quarters.
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