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Navy commander relieved of command after running ship aground
San Diego Union-Tribune ^
| 28 Jul 08
| Steve Liewer
Posted on 07/28/2008 8:19:12 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY
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Couldn't find anything on the original grounding so maybe this is the first report.
One of my brother QMCs is probably eating it too.
To: GATOR NAVY
Yep. A lot of civilians don’t see this as “fair.” It probably isn’t. But it is the way it is for reasons other than fairness. BTT.
To: GATOR NAVY
Those desks ain’t gonna sail themselves....
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posted on
07/28/2008 8:23:03 PM PDT
by
Uriah_lost
(Do you have your "bug out" plan ready?)
Comment #4 Removed by Moderator
To: Billthedrill
I sail and always know the depth of the water I am in.
Fire Him
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posted on
07/28/2008 8:25:44 PM PDT
by
trumandogz
("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
To: GATOR NAVY
Harpers Ferry class. 12 years old, 16,000 tons full load. 22 Officers, 400 sailors, up to 500 Marines. 2 LCACs in the well dock. 2 Mk 38 25 mm guns, 2 20mm Phalanx CIWS, 2 RAM launchers.
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posted on
07/28/2008 8:25:58 PM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: GATOR NAVY
this is standard operating procedure. You run your ship aground, you lose command of the ship. A guy I know was on a ship in Bermuda in the 1960’s that ran aground on a reef and they had to wait until a new captain could be flown in to sail away from the island.
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posted on
07/28/2008 8:26:11 PM PDT
by
pie_eater
To: GATOR NAVY
He’s got enough time in that he can retire.
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posted on
07/28/2008 8:28:23 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: GATOR NAVY
C L I C K![](http://www.navytimes.com/xml/news/2008/07/navy_pearlharborskipper_072808/072808nt_pearlharbor_800.JPG)
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posted on
07/28/2008 8:29:22 PM PDT
by
STARWISE
(They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
To: Billthedrill
It is called accountability. It is something that is a foreign concept to our political bureaucracy.
It could have been a mistake by a QM3 (E-4), but the Captain is still responsible.
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posted on
07/28/2008 8:30:01 PM PDT
by
Oldexpat
(Drill Here, Drill There..we must drill everywhere.)
To: ghannonf18
I’m not sure how easy it is to run a Navy ship aground but with all the electronic whizmos on board, you would think the crew would know where to avoid the sand bars...
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posted on
07/28/2008 8:32:53 PM PDT
by
John123
(Obambi said that he has been in 57 states. I will now light myself on fire...)
To: Oldexpat
Not just the Captain. The OOD and the conning officer might as well start putting together their civilian resumes.
They “might” get promoted sometime in the future, but this will be in their service jacket, on the OERs and will be red flagged on any selection boards they are ever in front of.
Short version? They’re history.
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posted on
07/28/2008 8:33:18 PM PDT
by
Ronin
(Is there some rule that says that when an evil man gets sick, we must pretend he was saint?)
To: ghannonf18
I ran my ship aground many times with no problems at all...when I was on LSTs.
To: Jeff Head
My last ship was the same class, LSD-50.
To: GATOR NAVY
One of my brother QMCs is probably eating it too.
I wonder if the ship was running electronic navigation or a pile of charts on the DDRT. That will be interesting to a lot of us.
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posted on
07/28/2008 8:42:21 PM PDT
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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To: Oldexpat
It is called accountability. It is something that is a foreign concept to our political bureaucracy. The word "accountability" doesn't exist in the Democrat Party.
To: GATOR NAVY
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posted on
07/28/2008 8:48:28 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
To: GATOR NAVY
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posted on
07/28/2008 8:52:18 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Jimmy Carter is the skidmark in the panties of American History)
To: GATOR NAVY
Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz ran his ship aground early in his career, for which he was court martialed. Luckily for us all, he was able to overcome that.
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