Another US Destroyer in a collision with a commercial vessel

[familysailor]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/another-us-navy-destroyer-collides-with-a-merchant-ship-rescue-efforts-underway/2017/08/20/c42f15b2-8602-11e7-9ce7-9e175d8953fa_story.html

 

[NaptimeAgain]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-navy-crash-rescue-idUSKCN1B102D

USS John S. McCain

 

[Keith]

How does the most high tech navy in the world, manage to pull this off twice in such a short period of time ?

And both with loses of lives.  I don't see how his can possibly happen.   :mellow:

 

[Point Break]

How does the most high tech navy in the world, manage to pull this off twice in such a short period of time ?

And both with loses of lives.  I don't see how his can possibly happen.   :mellow:

Neither will the CNO.......there is gonna be some serious service wide shit roll down........

i served on a previous iteration of the McCain......seems odd to me it bothers me more that it's that boat.......

 

[P_Wop]

There are 2 threads in SA on this.  Agreed, no situational awareness.  Heads will roll. Again.

 

[Guest]

HOLY SHIT, Batman!  WTF??????

 

[Mark K]

 

[Mrleft8]

Maybe someone's hacked into their nav system.....

 But you'd think eyeballs would still work..... Unless eye balls did see, and the helm did not respond because it had been hacked.....

 

[Point Break]

HOLY SHIT, Batman!  WTF??????

Talk about a safety stand down.......there gonna be some serious review and service wide tune ups.......wouldn't want to be a line officer anywhere in the system right now.

 

[MangoMan]

Talk about a safety stand down.......there gonna be some serious review and service wide tune ups.......wouldn't want to be a line officer anywhere in the system right now.

They are about to get some edjumacation to STCW standards much like every other professional mariner in the world.

 

[Point Break]

Hey Mango.....long time no post!

I do wonder if they still watch stand a observer on the two bridge wings........I seem to remember it was at the discretion of the Skipper but it seems those wings were manned more often than not. 

 

[Grande Mastere Dreade]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-navy-crash-rescue-idUSKCN1B102D

USS John S. McCain

in all fairness it has a brain tumor..

 

[DA-WOODY]

They are called a US DESTROYER

Not a US NiceyNice 

(bad plagiarism of a MSG quote)

 

[us7070]

like deja vu all over again

 

[RedTuna]

Maybe someone's hacked into their nav system.....

 But you'd think eyeballs would still work..... Unless eye balls did see, and the helm did not respond because it had been hacked.....

Yeah, four warship collisions in less than a year.  My thoughts, too.

 

[austin1972]

I wonder if it's just not too much dependence on glass panels. Kinda like the SFO crash. Some Ting Wong.

 

[Rum Runner]

I wonder if it's just not too much dependence on glass panels. Kinda like the SFO crash. Some Ting Wong.

My guess is that someone was not watching those glass panels and was afraid for some reason to speak up to their commanding officer.  

 

[Point Break]

Talk about a safety stand down.......there gonna be some serious review and service wide tune ups.......wouldn't want to be a line officer anywhere in the system right now.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/10-sailors-missing-collision-between-us-warship-tanker-063113831.html

 

[austin1972]

10 dead. Wow.

Read the Chicago Mac posts from this year. Those were sailboats...All recovered in difficult conditions and nobody ever ran into each other.

Talk about a busy lane...