Is the name John McCain cursed?
Look at the CO and EO, newbs. When did they start letting people without significant command experience captain these ships.
What is this? affirmative action?
If a ship runs into another ship, then its bow, the front of the ship is damaged.
If a ship is damaged on the side, then it has been run into by the other ship.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3579213/posts
10 missing after USS John McCain collides with merchant ship; search underway
335 post currently if anyone cares to scan thru them.
Anyone see a pattern here?
The McCain was named NOT for the John McCain of today's news, the ship was named for his grandfather and father who were both Admirals with disinguised naval careers.
from a report by Fox news;
“Initial reports indicated the warship sustained damage to its port side aft, the left rear of the ship.”
if yhis is true, the war ship was hit
Looks like it hit Engineering’s Berthing Compartment, Damage Control Maintenance but I can’t see what else might have been hit farther below the water line.
Maybe AUX 2? That is a real pain to dewater.
It seems that there is a conscious directive for our ships NOT to use their radar/sonar collision avoidance systems because those same signals may be used by enemies to track our ships.
I suggest a rapid transition to a laser CAV system at a light frequency and interval not susceptible to enemy tracking.
The commanding officer of this ship is toast.
Could be like the 007 movie, Tomorrow Never Dies? Maybe someone hacked the barge’s navigation system and put them on an intercept path, lol.... But the catch is, they would need to know the Navy’s path, and that is definitely classified.