Understood, centurion. I wonder if this ship crossed the Equator prior to this collision. If this accident occurred shortly after those celebrations, it could be another factor.
You’ll be surprised when you hear my story of a WestPac deployment on the USS Okinawa with a Marine Corps battalion out of Hawaii. I bunked in a cabin for 3 months on the the cruise over with 2 Marine Captains and 1 Navy Doctor.
One of those Marine Captains is our current Secretary of Defense — a highly dedicated and regular guy and I now have the pleasure of remembering a few interesting conversations we had.
We were both the same rank at the time. One of us rose to become a leader of the free world. The other guy is now posting comments on this forum.
Shipmates, foxhole buddies, fellow leaders trying to take care of the troops, it’s nice to see when the good guys make it.