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10 missing after USS John McCain collides with merchant ship; search underway
ABC NEWS ^ | August 20, 2017 | LUCIEN BRUGGEMAN

Posted on 08/20/2017 6:35:30 PM PDT by Enchante

A Navy guided-missile destroyer, the USS John S. McCain, collided with a commercial vessel east of Singapore early Monday morning local time, the Navy said.

There were 10 sailors missing and five injured, the Navy said.

The collision with the merchant ship Alnic MC occurred east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore at 6:24 a.m. Japan Standard Time, as the McCain was on its way for a routine port visit in Singapore, the Navy said.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: accident; maritime; military; missing; navy; sailors; searchworks; toomanygirls; usnavy; ussjohnmccain
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To: Enchante
broad daylight... WTF?
81 posted on 08/20/2017 7:21:11 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Enchante

Now forever to be known as the USS John McQueeg.


82 posted on 08/20/2017 7:22:34 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: rottndog

UGH.... so horrible!


83 posted on 08/20/2017 7:22:38 PM PDT by Enchante (Searching throughout the country for one honest Democrat....)
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How the hell are U.S. ships collinding with other ships??!!!!

If one gets as close as 20 feet away they get blown the F up!!!

84 posted on 08/20/2017 7:23:35 PM PDT by KavMan
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To: Enchante

Hoping it isn’t true...fog of war kinda thing...


85 posted on 08/20/2017 7:23:39 PM PDT by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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To: Enchante

I really don’t know why ships, schools, roads, parks, bridges etc are named after living persons.

John McCain name has cursed this ship and its crew.


86 posted on 08/20/2017 7:23:40 PM PDT by grumpygresh (When will Soros be brought to justice? Crush the vermin, crush the Left.)
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To: Wuli

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-navy-uss-fitzgerald-collision-20170817-story.html


87 posted on 08/20/2017 7:24:34 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: apocalypto

The thought of a USS John McCain turns my stomach.


88 posted on 08/20/2017 7:25:07 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: Enchante
The NEW NAVY....
89 posted on 08/20/2017 7:25:21 PM PDT by traumer
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To: grumpygresh

It is not named for the current senator. The ship is named jointly for the father and grandfather, both deceased and both were distinguished US Navy Admirals. Whatever one thinks about the senator, the ship is not named for him but he happens to share the name.


90 posted on 08/20/2017 7:25:23 PM PDT by Enchante (Searching throughout the country for one honest Democrat....)
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To: RitaOK
regardless of high tech and extraordinary equipment.

The best way not to run into another ship is you don't continue on a collision course. It's pretty easy. It takes some training because instead of a pedal, brakes and steering wheel, you have to learn to use your words: all stop, or ahead flank, or left 20 degrees rudder, steady course 180. And because ships are slow to respond, you have to think ahead. But anyone who can drive a car has the requisite skills to avoid going around hitting things.

91 posted on 08/20/2017 7:25:53 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Enchante
It could have been worse.


92 posted on 08/20/2017 7:28:44 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Make US Intelligence great again!)
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To: dp0622

Nothing would shock me when it comes to Obama.


93 posted on 08/20/2017 7:29:03 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ichabod1

How do you know at this point which it is?


94 posted on 08/20/2017 7:29:59 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: Enchante

Live feed here. Just showed photo of hole in ship at water line:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVi3JKFcqRo


95 posted on 08/20/2017 7:30:00 PM PDT by toldyou (Even if the voices aren't real, they have some pretty good ideas.)
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To: Enchante
That man McCain ... He's a Jonah. A Jonah I says.


96 posted on 08/20/2017 7:30:31 PM PDT by katana
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To: CivilWarBrewing

There is no hacking of a man with eyes, binos, a watch, a compass, and a chart.

There is however negligence, dereliction of duty, incompetence, and delegating authority based on political correctness and not on merit.


97 posted on 08/20/2017 7:31:12 PM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: ilovesarah2012

It’s the ONLY reason I would say something that I HOPE IS absurd.

Unless he really place THOUSANDS of utter morons at the helm.


98 posted on 08/20/2017 7:31:28 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: gaijin

What’s up is that they are spending most of their time in Cultural Marxism Class instead of Seamanship and Navigation.

And today’s young adults believe that technology takes care of everything.


99 posted on 08/20/2017 7:32:50 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: littleharbour
Do we really think that hi-tech ships that can’t detect and avoid cargo ships actually have the capability of fending off ship killing missiles?

My thought exactly. Doesn't inspire much confidence.

100 posted on 08/20/2017 7:33:29 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism wiiohout Nationalism is a fraud.)
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