Posted on 08/23/2017 8:31:29 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
The US Navy has dismissed Vice Adm Joseph Aucoin as commander of the Seventh Fleet following a string of collisions involving warships in Asia.
Ten sailors are still missing after the USS John S McCain collided with an oil tanker near Singapore on Monday.
Navy officials say human remains have since been found in sealed compartments on board the ship, which is now in port in Singapore.
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when deployed to the Persian Gulf, I usually slept in the CIWS magazine which was well above the water line.
It suddenly acquired a very large bow rudder
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