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US Navy Oiler Runs Aground, Forcing Carrier Strike Group to Scramble for Fuel
X ^ | Sal Mercogliano

Posted on 09/24/2024 5:41:05 AM PDT by hardspunned

I HATE THIS STORY. But what it demonstrates is the fragility of our maritime logistics system to support the fleet.

With just 14 fleet oilers, 2 Supply class fast combat stores ships and 12 dry cargo/ammo ships, we don't have much depth in the fleet to support multiple strike group deployments, routine operations and training. The 3 Lewis class oilers have not completed or past post-delivery acceptance.

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Cue the Yakety Sax theme music again for the Pentagon idiots. $20 Billion worth of equipment and there was one ship to fuel it all?
1 posted on 09/24/2024 5:41:05 AM PDT by hardspunned
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To: hardspunned

Government planning planning for you.


2 posted on 09/24/2024 5:45:38 AM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: hardspunned

The weakest point in a system is usually the best place to attack.

Perhaps the navy should even consider submarine tankers.


3 posted on 09/24/2024 5:47:03 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (Don't vote to be a tax slave on Kamala's plantation.)
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To: hardspunned

Why did it run aground?


4 posted on 09/24/2024 5:47:53 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Brian Griffin

AND give up on DEI favored status


5 posted on 09/24/2024 5:47:58 AM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: hardspunned

But you have trans admirals and tons of DEI. What more do they need?


6 posted on 09/24/2024 5:48:31 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: hardspunned

Piloting and navigation are becoming lost arts in the New Navy.


7 posted on 09/24/2024 5:50:08 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (לעזאזל עם חמאס)
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To: hardspunned

In other words, if you can get to the tanker, you’ve crippled the strike group, and perhaps even made them sitting ducks.


8 posted on 09/24/2024 5:50:32 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: hardspunned

“I’ve got those yellow stain blues....”


9 posted on 09/24/2024 5:51:24 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Brian Griffin

Didn’t the Germans do that in WW II to refuel the U Boats?


10 posted on 09/24/2024 5:55:38 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: central_va

“Why did it run aground?”

Water shortage?


11 posted on 09/24/2024 5:56:20 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (‘Never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals’)
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To: hardspunned

Depending on DEI people to run the ship?


12 posted on 09/24/2024 5:56:45 AM PDT by dynachrome (Auslander Raus!)
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Why did it run aground?

My best guess is a female captain tried to parallel park it.

13 posted on 09/24/2024 5:56:50 AM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: hardspunned

My friend and neighbor is a retired rear admiral. He tells me about things. The Navy is a wreck.


14 posted on 09/24/2024 5:58:43 AM PDT by clintonh8r (The truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth)
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To: dpetty121263
Add typical bureaucratic/government planning with DEI and what do you get?

Ships running aground (among many things yet to come).

15 posted on 09/24/2024 5:59:28 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Thinking objectively is difficult. And painful. That’s why many people just cling to their biases.)
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To: central_va

Why did it run aground?


Gilligan?


16 posted on 09/24/2024 6:00:03 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: central_va

Why? Climate change!!


17 posted on 09/24/2024 6:01:17 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: hardspunned

The Hootie and BlowUpYourShips gang loves this news. US Fleet crippled !
Biden drooling 🤤
Kamala Cackles ! 🤪
Speaker Johnson snuggles up to Democrats ! 🥰
Ukrainian dwarf invades Pennsylvania !🤡
What Is Taylor Swift up to?😍🤮


18 posted on 09/24/2024 6:03:14 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: READINABLUESTATE
To hear the left tell it, sea levels are at unprecedented levels!

I told a teacher the other day, the next time she takes kids to the local science museum, pay attention to the prehistoric exhibit and the work they're doing on marine life fossils scattered all over Alabama because the entire state used to be covered in water. Then think about it the next time the "news" tells us sea levels are the highest they've ever been.

19 posted on 09/24/2024 6:04:14 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: hardspunned

If you click through to the gcaptain source link, there’s a picture of the ship with big Ukraine flag-colored stripes painted on its smokestack. Are these colors just a coincidence or is this intentional and authorized? I’d post a picture to show what I mean but that’s too high-tech.


20 posted on 09/24/2024 6:06:31 AM PDT by Stingray51 ( )
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