Posted on 09/24/2024 7:39:40 AM PDT by artichokegrower
gCaptain has received multiple reports that the US Navy oiler USNS Big Horn ran aground yesterday and partially flooded off the coast of Oman, leaving the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group without its primary fuel source.
First reported on the gCaptain forum and by maritime historian Sal Mercogliano, a leaked video and photos show damage to the ship’s rudder post and water flooding into a mechanical space. US Navy vessels don’t typically transmit AIS signals, so we don’t know the exact location of the ship but a Navy source confirms she is anchored near Oman awaiting a full damage assessment.
Fortunately, no injuries or environmental damage have been reported for the ship. This is significant because the 33-year-old vessel is one of the single-hull versions of the Kaiser-class oilers.
(Excerpt) Read more at gcaptain.com ...
Joe Biden's Navy
McHale’s Navy in real life.
Somebody got miffed because somebody used the wrong pronoun...
I would guess the Captain is a DEI officer.b
I was going to say that’s one captain who will never be promoted to admiral.
But these days, it all depends on what boxes the captain checks off. If he/she/it has enough DEI points, a promotion would still be in the cards.
And they can blame the grounding on Climate Change.
“Fortunately, no injuries or environmental damage have been reported for the ship. “
Never mind combat readiness, the important thing is mother erf.
Who is the lesbian in command?
Interesting article. What a mess.
Thanks for posting.
Ain’t Affirmative Action wonderful.
Someone’s career is over
Unless they are a person of color. The it’s promotion time!!
I would guess ex captain.
My first thought.
“Chaaaats?? Ain’t nobodee gots time fo dats! Sheeet!”
This is double plus ungood.
The only important thing is, is its crew LGBTQ-friendly? /s
DEI. Gotta be.
Piloting and navigation are becoming lost arts in the New Navy.
I worked with a guy, around 2016, who had been a career Coast Guard officer. He was an academy graduate. He was seconded to the Navy as a navigator. The Navy wouldn’t let him go, and he could not advance beyond lieutenant commander (O-4) because he never held a command position in the Coast Guard. He retired and went to industry, and was a fine engineer, but a little bitter about the way the Navy and Coast Guard treated him.
Exactly...my first thought. This is exactly the way it happens.
A ship aground here, a bridge collapse there, an airplane crash here and there......
DEI? A promotion is due.
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