The collision by ship tracking software ALNIC MC (at :050 Mark): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlrA36GzHNs
Thanks for posting. This does appear to demonstrate a strange change of course of the Alinic.
GOOD GRIEF! All these speculative comments, faulting our Navy in one way or another. Didn’t anyone else even look at the video posted by missnry? There can be little doubt that the McCain was rammed by the freighter ALNIC MC, which veered sharply to the left out of its shipping lane. Was it intentional? The McCain had recently passed close by one of the infamous Chinese islands (12 miles) - much to the consternation of the Chinese.
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The tracking software shows the ALNIC MC made a 90 degree turn to port directly toward the McCain. Such a turn by a large cargo/oil tanker is not immediate due to its size. Therefore, even in that situation a trained and competent OOD on the bridge of a very fast warship should be able take steps to avoid a collision. This leads me to believe that though the ALNIC may have been deliberately trying to cause a collision, properly trained bridge watchstanders would have been able to take measures to avoid it. If investigation shows that is the case, diversion of necessary seamanship training to PC gender and diversity training is the true reason for the collision.