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Scathing report blames crew errors for deadly Navy collisions [USS McCain and USS Fitzgerald]
ABC News via Yahoo ^ | November 1, 2017 | Luis Martinez

Posted on 11/02/2017 7:14:15 AM PDT by Enchante

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To: Grampa Dave

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.


41 posted on 11/04/2017 8:00:20 AM PDT by GAgal
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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.

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.


42 posted on 11/04/2017 8:14:01 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (What, we have here, is a failure to communicate!)
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To: Artemis Webb

Yes, there are many homosexual and lesbian sailors these days in our Navy.


43 posted on 11/04/2017 12:23:40 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: calicard
"... I’ve been on the bridge of a Navy ship but can’t imagine how many people had to fail at their job for these collisions to happen."

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.

44 posted on 11/05/2017 1:05:50 PM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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