Was the ship at GQ?
Was a collision alarm sounded?
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What do you think?
It really would NOT surprise me if GQ was not set. (Even though my prior COs required a minimum special sea detail whenever the ship was U/W within 5 ship lengths of ANYTHING except a navigational buoy.)
And if no collision alarm was sounded, no one on the ship in a position of authority realized any danger, or there are a bunch of idiots running this US Naval vessel and a few more writing stories about it.
So, is this an international incident, or garbage news? What do you think?