Posted on 11/02/2017 7:14:15 AM PDT by Enchante
Poor decisions and lax standards made by the crews of the USS Fitzgerald and the USS John S. McCain contributed to the deadly collisions last summer that killed 17 sailors, according to a new Navy investigation.
"The collisions were avoidable," said Adm. John Richardson, the chief of naval operations, in the executive summary to the report.
"Both of these accidents were preventable and the respective investigations found multiple failures by watchstanders that contributed to the incidents," he added in a statement accompanying the report's release. "We must do better."
On June 17, the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippine container ship off the coast of Japan, killing seven sailors and injuring three others.
On Aug. 21, the destroyer USS John S. McCain collided with an oil tanker just outside the port of Singapore. That collision killed 10 sailors and injured five others.
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What could possibly explain neither ship sounding pre-collision alarms? Iirc most of the 17 who died were in their cabins, and two heros died while pulling sailors out of their smashed cabins.
What could possibly explain neither ship sounding pre-collision alarms? Iirc most of the 17 who died were in their cabins, and two heros died while pulling sailors out of their smashed cabins.
Drugs, dead tired, not focusing on what the watch members were supposed to be doing and apparently one ship going too fast in the sea lanes.
Yes, there are many homosexual and lesbian sailors these days in our Navy.
The comprehensive report by the CNO covers it item by item. It's a long read. Something I don't get, is how the qualifications for a Surface Warfare badge has been so obviously degraded. Just hope the pilots and crew members in all branches are still actually earning their wings.
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