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Did it steam over its own tow line ?
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Straits of Malacca is a nightmare. We went though there at a high rate of speed after 9/11. I have sailed those straits 4 times when I was forward deployed...nightmare
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Oh crap, not again! Straights of Malacca though – that's very dicey water.
Hoping and praying that there's no casualties, and that damage is minimal |
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You know ... the ocean is pretty damn big. So big that you can go days and days without seeing another ship save way out on the horizon. There's two different state-of-the-art surface search radars active at all times and a watch team on the bridge tracking anything remotely close. When warships enter the shipping lanes it's not unusual to plus up the bridge watch with another couple of lookouts but still it's not like rush hour traffic with hundreds of large ships passing to-n-fro. View Quote |
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I really hate Monday morning quarterbacking something like this since I was never in the Navy and never was part of a crew for a large ship... but God damn this is fucking unacceptable. You would think since we JUST had the entire command staff of another destroyer relieved for a fatal collision that crews would be extra cautious but I guess not. View Quote |
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Hope our sailors are o.k. but there is soooooo many jokes to be made
with the name of that ship. |
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Agreed, but my conspiracy meter is starting to ping. Just makes me wonder if there is a bounty on US naval ships in the Pacific. Probably not but I refuse to believe this could happen twice in such a short period of time by chance. Occam's razor and all that would say it is pure chance. Who knows. I hope our sailors are safe and accounted for. View Quote |
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so between this and the other ship recently hit, how badly does this degrade our naval capabilities in that part of the world?
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How do you know the crew didn't do everything reasonably expected of them to avoid this collision? View Quote |
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Fucking again? Damn.
One Summer. Two destroyers. Fuck. I hope the casualties are few in number and that anyone that may have gone overboard are recovered. Damn, this shit is getting old. Can we please weed out incompetence? |
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Probably everyone doing NKO or SAPR, you know, the administration shit the Navy annually promises will go away yet never does.
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Listen, I hear ya. Shit happens. I would say that I'm partly basing that statement on the numerous career navy people on this board who have stated repeatedly that a navy warship of this size having a collision while under way is completely unacceptable no matter what. No excuse if the protocol is being followed correctly. View Quote And I am holding off on making brain tumor/Navy jokes until the crew is all accounted for safely. |
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Shit Johnie Wet Start has ship named after him. Caused the death of 154 sailors on the USS Forestall and a traitor to the POW/MIA cause. and a North Vietnamese informant know as the "SONG BIRD"....no wonder this country is screwed with idiots like that in Congress...! Nothing but a POS RHINO who sleeps with Soros and any muslum for a dollar donation to his McCain FOUNDATION slush fund....
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Well, we better keep it away from Vietnam. We do no want another gulf incident.
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Live marine traffic map View Quote |
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Plenty of room. http://a9.vietbao.vn/images/vn999/165/2015/05/20150518-tq-thai-lan-hop-tac-xay-kenh-dao-de-khong-phai-di-qua-eo-malacca-2.jpg View Quote |
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Agreed, but my conspiracy meter is starting to ping. Just makes me wonder if there is a bounty on US naval ships in the Pacific. Probably not but I refuse to believe this could happen twice in such a short period of time by chance. Occam's razor and all that would say it is pure chance. Who knows. I hope our sailors are safe and accounted for. View Quote |
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It was starting to sound like the damage wasn't too serious at first but now I am seeing stuff on Twitter suggesting that crews are fighting flooding in two crew berthing areas in "shaft alley".
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Well, perhaps if the skippers spent more time driving the boat and less time at diversity training these things wouldn't happen.
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From the ship Facebook page it looks like they had a nice fishing and cigars event recently.
That’s a busy area. The Chinese would certainly be happy for us to reduce our presence there. |
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Plenty of room. http://a9.vietbao.vn/images/vn999/165/2015/05/20150518-tq-thai-lan-hop-tac-xay-kenh-dao-de-khong-phai-di-qua-eo-malacca-2.jpg View Quote |
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https://photos.marinetraffic.com/ais/showphoto.aspx?photoid=26270&size= vs. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/USS_John_S._McCain_DDG-56.jpg/300px-USS_John_S._McCain_DDG-56.jpg View Quote Sailors could be dead, missing, injured, or fighting to keep their ship afloat. Give the speculation and crew bashing a rest until we at least know if everyone is alive and accounted for. |
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UPDATE: USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) – seen here in a file photo – is currently sailing under its own power and heading to port.
Search and rescue efforts are underway in coordination with local authorities. In addition to tug boats out of Singapore, the Republic of Singapore Navy ship RSS Gallant (97), RSN helicopters and Police Coast Guard vessel Basking Shark (55) are currently in the area to render assistance. MV-22s and SH-60s from USS America are also responding. Initial reports indicate John S. McCain sustained damage to her port side aft. The extent of damage and personnel injuries is being determined. The incident will be investigated. |
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I know a former skipper of that ship. A super guy.
Prayers for the crew. |
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So how often do collisions occur in that area? Every other ship there look like a Tijuana delivery truck?
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They should teach more navigation classes and less social justice warrior bullshit.
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Who are these sorry motherfuckers in command of our destroyers!!!
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