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US warship collides with Japanese tug boat, latest mishap for the Navy's 7th Fleet
ABC ^ | 11/18/17 | JULIA JACOBO Luis Martinez EMILY SHAPIRO Morgan Winsor

Posted on 11/18/2017 10:54:56 AM PST by OwenKellogg

A U.S. warship collided with a Japanese commercial tug boat in Japan's Sagami Bay on Saturday, marking the fifth time this year that a ship in the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet in the Pacific has been involved in a crash. The Japanese tug boat lost propulsion and drifted into the USS Benfold during a towing exercise. The U.S. guided-missile destroyer sustained minimal damage, and there were no reported injuries on either vessel, according to a press release from the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet. The USS Benfold, which is awaiting a full damage assessment, remains at sea under its own power. The incident will be investigated, the 7th Fleet said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 7thfleet; abc; collision; fakenews; leftistpropaganda; navy; usnavy; ussbenfold
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To: laplata

I wouldn’t argue with that.

Having done it myself, I do have a certain affinity for folks like that.

Heh heh heh...

Take care.


41 posted on 11/18/2017 12:19:18 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell / Ryan: Why pass Cons legislation when we can pass Leftist legislation for Leftists?)
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To: OwenKellogg
Get serious, read your own post:

The Japanese tug boat lost propulsion and drifted into the USS Benfold during a towing exercise.

The Japanese tug boat was towing our destroyer.

The Japanese tug boat lost propulsion/power and that causes the tug boat to lose control. Then, it drifted into our Destroyer.

42 posted on 11/18/2017 12:29:48 PM PST by Grampa Dave (It's over for the NFL. They have stage 5 Colin brain cancer, and it's terminal.)
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To: DoughtyOne

I’ve also done it myself. lol.

Regards-


43 posted on 11/18/2017 12:32:46 PM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: OwenKellogg

Isn’t this what happens when promotions/retention/hiring are based on irrelevant crap like race, gender, sexual orientation or political correctness? Instead of competence/proficiency? NOBODY Obama put in or retained in a top job belongs there.


44 posted on 11/18/2017 1:05:59 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: moviefan8
Read the article before passing judgement on this incident.

The Japanese tug boat lost propulsion and drifted into the USS Benfold during a towing exercise.

45 posted on 11/18/2017 1:16:16 PM PST by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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To: laplata

This may not be of the magnitude of the other incidents but this is still a part of a much greater problem.


46 posted on 11/18/2017 1:21:51 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: laplata

The editor who wrote the headline didn’t even read the story.


47 posted on 11/18/2017 1:24:12 PM PST by Junior_G (Funny how liberals' love affair with Muslims began on 9/11)
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To: OwenKellogg

Headline is wrong, the Tug drifted into the US ship and hit it not the other way around. But of course the media has to put the military in a bad light whether legitimate or not.


48 posted on 11/18/2017 1:34:12 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: laplata
Thanks laplata.

I was saying that tongue in cheek, although the main fact that I've done it was certainly true.

You take care...

49 posted on 11/18/2017 1:40:34 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell / Ryan: Why pass Cons legislation when we can pass Leftist legislation for Leftists?)
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To: mazda77; All

Yup, and see all the melodrama over false reporting of who hit whom. Some FReepers are as guilty as the media.


50 posted on 11/18/2017 2:00:03 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: shanover

It’s not. That US ship could have been a freighter or cruise ship. It was the fault of the tug boat.


51 posted on 11/18/2017 2:13:53 PM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: DoughtyOne

You, too.


52 posted on 11/18/2017 2:14:23 PM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: laplata

“:^)


53 posted on 11/18/2017 2:15:42 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell / Ryan: Why pass Cons legislation when we can pass Leftist legislation for Leftists?)
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To: Junior_G

“The editor who wrote the headline didn’t even read the story”.

BINGO! You win best post.


54 posted on 11/18/2017 2:16:32 PM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Cobra64

You’re right.


55 posted on 11/18/2017 2:17:45 PM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: LibWhacker

“Isn’t this what happens when promotions/retention/hiring are based on irrelevant crap like race, gender, sexual orientation or political correctness? Instead of competence/proficiency? NOBODY Obama put in or retained in a top job belongs there”.

Obama’s Social Engineering had nothing to do with this incident. It was the fault of the Japanese tug boat crew.


56 posted on 11/18/2017 2:20:18 PM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Romulus

Would argue the tug without power and likely not making headway is less maneuverable at that point. Perhaps also a steering casualty in addition to power loss. The investigation will sort it out.


57 posted on 11/18/2017 2:43:00 PM PST by nickedknack
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To: laplata
I'll bet you a cup of coffee the captain is demoted. He's not supposed to allow his ship to collide with anything. This like the earlier incidents will be chalked up to incompetence. The finger points directly at Obama. imo

Regarding the two incidents earlier this summer, here's an interesting little quote: "They were either incredibly complacent or sloppy beyond description," said Carl Schuster, a former US Navy officer who spent 10 years "driving the ships." Cause: Obama. No one he sanctioned for high office should have a job.

58 posted on 11/18/2017 3:38:24 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: laplata

indeed


59 posted on 11/18/2017 3:57:22 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: LibWhacker

I like my coffee black. The tug boat drifted into the Benfield. The Benfield skipper will not be held responsible.

Japanese Tug Loses Propulsion, Drifts into USS Benfold

YOKOSUKA, KANAGAWA, JAPAN
11.18.2017
Story by U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs  
Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs   
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YOKOSUKA, Japan (Nov. 18, 2017) The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) was participating in a scheduled towing exercise in Sagami Wan Nov. 18, when the tug boat lost propulsion and drifted into the ship.

No one was injured on either vessel and Benfold sustained minimal damage, including scrapes on its side, pending a full damage assessment. Benfold remains at sea under her own power. The Japanese commercial tug is being towed by another vessel to a port in Yokosuka. The incident will be investigated.

Benfold is forward deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia- Pacific


60 posted on 11/18/2017 5:03:01 PM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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