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USS Taylor being inspected after running aground off Turkey
Stars and Stripes ^ | February 18, 2014 | staff

Posted on 02/18/2014 1:12:28 PM PST by gandalftb

The guided-missile frigate USS Taylor, one of two ships on deployment in the Black Sea, is being inspected for damage after running aground last week as it was preparing to moor in Samsun, Turkey, a spokesman for the U.S. 6th Fleet said Tuesday.

The Taylor was able to moor without further incident, and there were no injuries, said 6th Fleet spokesman Lt. Shawn Eklund.

The incident, which occurred on Feb. 12, is under further investigation, Eklund said.

The Taylor and the USS Mount Whitney, an amphibious command ship and the 6th Fleet flagship, entered the Black Sea on Feb. 4 on what the Navy said was a routine and pre-scheduled deployment to the region.

The Pentagon announced their planned deployment in January, after terrorist groups threatened to disrupt the Olympic Games in Sochi, the resort town on Russia’s Black Sea coast.

(Excerpt) Read more at stripes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: olympicgames; sochi
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Don't we have the technology to detect shallow waters?
1 posted on 02/18/2014 1:12:29 PM PST by gandalftb
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2 posted on 02/18/2014 1:14:46 PM PST by stormer
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JFK said only schmucks ran their ships aground. /s


3 posted on 02/18/2014 1:14:59 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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I have a feeling we’ll see one or more people being relieved of duty in the near future.


4 posted on 02/18/2014 1:16:38 PM PST by DemforBush (A Repo Man is *always* intense.)
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Pimg for mt.


5 posted on 02/18/2014 1:16:58 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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Don't we have the technology to detect shallow waters?

Maybe the ship recently HAD it, but doesn't anymore?

6 posted on 02/18/2014 1:17:21 PM PST by stboz
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Must really suck to have your career plans flash before your eyes when you felt that “thump”.


7 posted on 02/18/2014 1:17:28 PM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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Isn’t the Captain automatically relieved of command over something like this?


8 posted on 02/18/2014 1:17:53 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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Clear evidence of a purge of the military. The Captain of the Taylor is yet another victim of the Obama Administration. /Sarc. Actually the Navy takes a very dim view of Skippers who park their ships on solid ground, it’s a career ending incident.


9 posted on 02/18/2014 1:18:19 PM PST by centurion316
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10 posted on 02/18/2014 1:18:45 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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How did he feel about getting ran over by Destroyers?
LOL


11 posted on 02/18/2014 1:22:30 PM PST by Zathras
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Even if you are a diversity promote? I would think that if the captain was a female or a minority, especially a female minority, relieving of duty would not be automatic. . .just given the political environment today. . .


12 posted on 02/18/2014 1:23:07 PM PST by Hulka
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The Capt.. didnt run aground THE CREW DID... (most likely)..


13 posted on 02/18/2014 1:25:40 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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I have a feeling we’ll see one or more people being relieved of duty in the near future.

That'll depend on the results of the investigation into their political leanings.

14 posted on 02/18/2014 1:26:32 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Talisker
Yes...the Captain has the ultimate responsibility...but usually it's someone under him that neglected to do or see or read or calculate something.

My bro was on watch and using binoculars, he spotted a submarine periscope waaaaay off in the horizon on their course. Said it scared the sh** out of him.

15 posted on 02/18/2014 1:29:29 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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17th Cmdr will probably be looking for a new position maybe
even outside the navy in the near future.

17.) 13 Nov. 2012 - Cmdr. Dennis J. Volpe (Long Island, N.Y.)

http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0750.htm


16 posted on 02/18/2014 1:30:38 PM PST by deport
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Putin didn’t even let them moor at Sochi.

To be decommissioned in 2015.


17 posted on 02/18/2014 1:34:54 PM PST by Ready4Freddy
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Ahhhh...but the question is: Did the crew do it on purpose?


18 posted on 02/18/2014 1:40:31 PM PST by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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Even if you are a diversity promote? I would think that if the captain was a female or a minority, especially a female minority, relieving of duty would not be automatic. . .just given the political environment today. . .

I think their chances of staying with a murder charge is more likely then running the ship aground even today.


19 posted on 02/18/2014 1:41:00 PM PST by napscoordinator ( Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the country!)
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How often do we deploy to the Black Sea ?
20 posted on 02/18/2014 1:43:46 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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