[Eddie01]

wow.

[DoughtyOne]

The USS Benfold, a guided-missile destroyer, sustained minor damage when a tugboat lost propulsion and drifted into the ship, the Navy said. No one was injured on either vessel and an initial assessment of the damage showed that the destroyer only sustained minimal damage including scrapes.

But the accident comes at a time when the Navy's 7th Fleet and the U.S. Pacific Command have come under increased scrutiny after several deadly collisions in the region earlier this year.

Could be wrong, but my gut tells me it was minimal damage consisting of damage limited to scrapes.

Naturally, this is linked to the other more serious incidents to drive the "pattern" theory in order to besmirch our NAVY at much as possible.

Sure would be nice if our media would link Leftist criminal activity in a manner like this. (not gonna happen)

That criminal activity is their sacred cow.

[refreshed]

I’m just curious what kind of military exercise would put our destroyers close enough to Japanese tug boats to get hit.

[Berlin_Freeper]

The USS Blindfold

[TigersEye]

But the accident comes at a time ...

But nothing! This was a minor accident and the fault was with the tug boat. No resemblance to those previous incidents.

[hattend]

Who is driving these ships? Google?

[gaijin]

TOO MUCH training on diversity/pervert stuff..!!!

Not enough focus on the basics.

[mvonfr]

This seems to be the fifth test of Naval Ram technology this year, a few more and they may master it!

This would be big indeed, no successful rammings since CSS Virginia back in 1862 are known.

This is likely our answer to short fat man Kim, and he gotta be worried.

[Pollster1]

It's serious enough for a movie. Stop dismissing it. The media tell us it's more important than the Al Franken scandal, Hillary's Russia scandal, or even any good news about President Trump and our economy. Would NBC News lie to us?

[HonkyTonkMan]

The former Cpt of USS Benfold wrote a book about it: Turn your ship around! (Abrasoff IIRC)

[Wuli]

if our navy ships are this fragile, how will they be in wartime

[Psalm 144]

I’m really glad this stuff isn’t happening in the Persian Gulf.

[LibWhacker]

Who appointed/promoted the Benfold’s commanding officer? Obama? Well, there you go.

[ExSES]

Shouts to the duty helmsman... NO DAMMIT, I MEANT 30 DEGREES TO PORT!!!