Looks nowhere near as convoluted as the ACX Crystal's track...
Posted on 08/20/2017 6:35:30 PM PDT by Enchante
A Navy guided-missile destroyer, the USS John S. McCain, collided with a commercial vessel east of Singapore early Monday morning local time, the Navy said.
There were 10 sailors missing and five injured, the Navy said.
The collision with the merchant ship Alnic MC occurred east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore at 6:24 a.m. Japan Standard Time, as the McCain was on its way for a routine port visit in Singapore, the Navy said.
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>Budget slashing? Sequester?
Politics. Obama purged the military of competence in favor political correctness.
Do our ships still have radar?
“Two in five weeks, what the hell is going? Let me guess feel good Obamanites still in charge of the Navy.”
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Notice this happened about the time Trump said trannies will not be allowed to be in the armed forces?
Was the skipper of the Alnic a Chinese guy? Had the Alnic called in China or spent time there? I smell some Chinese involvement in this; they want free rein of the Pacific. Getting Dimocratz up in arms just might accomplish this to an extent.
I’d expect bad actors are continually trying to mess with all our systems. However, this happened during daylight- no one is hacking the captain’s binoculars.
Mattis needs to take decisive, bold action. Immediately.
.........Mad Dog!...............you better get MAD about your Navy! It’s NOW your watch! Kick some butts over the fn moon!!!
40 or more years of NO ACCOUNTABILITY for ANYTHING is driving this.................uh, no PUN intended!!!!
GPS Spoofing? I guess that could be an issue of the ship ran totally on autopilot and there was NO ONE on watch of any kind...
Ultimately, there is ZERO excuse for this kind of accident. Time for MASSIVE shake-up of crew, captains, and those higher up the food chain.
“Never assume as malintent, malfeasance, or conspiracy that which can be explained by simple stupidity!”
MSG Hammonds (Also knows as “Half-Hour Hammonds” because he could curse for 30 minutes without repeating himself!)
Do our ship’s watch officers still have a set of eyes and binoculars.
My local CBS news break just reported over a dozen still missing.
“Do our ship’s watch officers still have a set of eyes and binoculars.”
Wondered the same thing. How does one miss something like this
I didn’t know Stevie Wonder became a Navy officer.
The ship was named after John S. McCain Sr., and John S. McCain Jr., distinguished naval officers and WWII vets.
Reminds me of twin towers being hit.
Are they gonna dock her in Nork for repairs? For the authentic J Mc C experience.
I have worked as an able bodied seaman and third officer.
The normal watch on the bridge is one licensed deck officer,
in heavy traffic, an AB on the helm, and one lookout either on the bridge or on the bow (either an AB or Ordinary Seaman).
If there is heavy traffic, the licensed deck officer (first, second, or third mate) will call the captain to the bridge who may or may not take the conn but at least will be an extra pair of eyes and monitor the radars and/or collision avoidance system.
Also, after the USS Fitzgerald and other recent naval accidents, it would have been important to order every ship and command to do the most thorough possible review and updating of all training, watch, procedures, etc.
It is just so difficult to believe that this can happen again, with another DDG (we only have 64 of the Arleigh Burke class and they are critical front-line combat resources worldwide).
It seems like there needs to be some serious shake-up and improvements in the navy, fast. This is also very embarrassing from a foreign policy standpoint, not to mention the obvious combat readiness concerns.
But worst of all tonight is that 10-12 US naval personnnel may be dead.
ding ding ding, we have a winner. It’s part of the COUP(fundamental transformation) that started in 2008. Now we have antifa types in the MIL feeling empowered by Charlottesville? Sabotaging the US MIL?
If you’re not a prepper yet, better late than never.
Wow. What is it with our ships and being hit by merchant vessels? Don’t we have radar or something?
Looks nowhere near as convoluted as the ACX Crystal's track...
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