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USS Fitzgerald Collision Update (Sailors found, bad news)
U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs ^ | 6/17/2017 | U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs

Posted on 06/17/2017 7:20:21 PM PDT by proust

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To: proust

ACX Crystal AIS track (YouTube)

https://youtu.be/4N1-_9SGQTI

The video includes a running chronometer at the bottom.

What I found interesting is that according to the initial AP news report the ACX Crystal did not radio in the collision until 16:20, by which time (according to the chronometer) it had already left the scene.


21 posted on 06/17/2017 7:41:18 PM PDT by Gideon7
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That has got to be one of the worst ways to go. And judging from the course of the Crystal, stupidity may have been the cause.


22 posted on 06/17/2017 7:42:21 PM PDT by proust (Trump / Pence 2016!)
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To: proust

.... container ships crew?....all Korean? Japanese?


23 posted on 06/17/2017 7:43:22 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: proust

Philippine flagged ship, right? Investigate to see if captain or whoever was at the helm were a muslim.


24 posted on 06/17/2017 7:43:43 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: proust

Seafaring is a dangerous occupation. That goes doubly for Naval personnel. More Sailors were lost at Guadalcanal than Marines. Those “safe” ships can become deathtraps in a heartbeat. Prayers to the families.


25 posted on 06/17/2017 7:44:25 PM PDT by Seruzawa (FABOL)
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To: dsc

God rest their souls.

A veteran is someone who once wrote a blank check to the United States for any amount “up to and including my life.”


Amen and amen.


26 posted on 06/17/2017 7:45:10 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Fungi

With all the technology navy ships have, how can this happen?

Yes, and just as importantly, what does it say about the preparedness of today's Navy? Could 250 container ships wreck it?


27 posted on 06/17/2017 7:46:09 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: proust

Covert cargo transfer attempt gone awry?


28 posted on 06/17/2017 7:46:21 PM PDT by Insigne123
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

I doubt the a container ship’s steering could respond in any fashion quickly enough to hit an alert Destroyer.


29 posted on 06/17/2017 7:46:22 PM PDT by Seruzawa (FABOL)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Yep. Philippines definitely has a muslim problem. Investigate, indeed.


30 posted on 06/17/2017 7:47:01 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: proust

Damn!

Memory eternal.


31 posted on 06/17/2017 7:47:29 PM PDT by NRx (A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
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To: Doogle

Maybe Muslim?


32 posted on 06/17/2017 7:49:14 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: proust

Why would a ship do that?

Was somebody trying to block its course?


33 posted on 06/17/2017 7:50:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: proust

“I must go down to the seas again, to the sea and the lonely sky,
And all I ask for is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;”

RIP, my fellow Americans.


34 posted on 06/17/2017 7:51:18 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: proust

https://youtu.be/ic8zMkYwnq8


35 posted on 06/17/2017 7:53:00 PM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
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To: proust

Was the Capt. a muzzie, I should wonder?


36 posted on 06/17/2017 7:53:16 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: mass55th

AMEN.


37 posted on 06/17/2017 7:53:18 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Philippine flagged ship, right? Investigate to see if captain or whoever was at the helm were a muslim.

A question strangely missing in the media.

38 posted on 06/17/2017 7:53:31 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: proust; All

Can someone familiar with container ships explain the two weird u-turns the container ship is reported to have made?

I know next to nothing about container ships - but the little I know suggests that they do not usually maneuver like this.

Could it be a deliberate effort to take out one of our destroyers? Inquiring minds are definitely curious about this, and no longer trusts the MSM to report the truth.


39 posted on 06/17/2017 7:54:29 PM PDT by jacquej ("You cannot have a conservative government with a liberal culture." (Mark Steyn))
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To: Seruzawa

The US navy ship was clearly not alert or on guard.


40 posted on 06/17/2017 7:55:38 PM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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