Posted on 06/22/2017 6:39:56 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
That story you related, I have heard a number of those types of stories. That is bad news.
Well, I think we shall find out shortly in any case.
In the Navy I've heard it put this way; "And all the holes in the swiss cheese lined up."
Great post, BTW.
LOL, I have never in my life heard that one...I can just hear someone saying that!
Thanks...
Good post.
Do we know how long the USS Fitzgerald has been stationed at U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka?
LOL, I just pulled that one out of the air as something completely mundane...I don’t have any idea if that is even entered into a log (LOL, someone is going to throw a big black shoe at this Airedale for that one!)
I'm in the middle of drawing the same thing -- starting from scratch -- and you have far better images of both ships! (BTW, I've looked -- where did you find them?
Would you mind if I convert the two ships into vector objects -- so we can (possibly) produce a time-sequence?
#1 Son just called; he's on the ground @ DFW -- so, we better head for Shreveport, LA now...
Great work!!
BobV
I was onboard the USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT CVN-71 when she backed into the USS LEYTE GULF during BECCEs @0230L......strange things happen quick and happen even quicker at sea in the dark.
Excellent post!
I googled for the Arleigh Burke schematic, and just took a generic containership schematic and resized them to somewhat appropriate sizes (the Fitzgerald is 510 feet vs the ACX Crystal which is 698 feet. I just eyeballed it, didn’t have time in Photoshop to get them nicely done. Let me know if you want some better copies, even in vector format, and I will find a way to get them to you.
Drive safe!
Thanks, Lou L...
For at least the last five days I've been posting (here on FR) AIS data plots showing that the collision STARTED the erratic maneuvering by the ACX Crystal, not vice versa...
Boy, know how your parents told you nothing good happens after 2:00 AM?
Isn’t that the truth...
Thanks for your service! What did you do on the TR?
Looks like that has been her home port since September 2004.
wxgesr
Leading Chief of the OA div....Aerographer’s Mates...weather guessers....
One of my guys (AG3) was crossing the jet test cell (fantail) after recording our 006Z upper air sounding in the balloon room. He was almost squished, didn’t even see the DDG as he crossed the stern. He entered the port side hatch as the ships collided. He is a LCDR today,success story.
Hey...now that is an interesting job...I never met an Aerographer’s Mate...boy, that guy was in the wrong place at the wrong time!
Thanks for your service, shipmate!
I was a Plankowner on the Leyte Gulf, but left in 1991. We used to steam with the Roosevelt quite a bit, and often stood "plane guard" -- which was a way to say we sailed directly behind the carrier, perhaps a half mile to a mile.
Doing that at night, while the carrier was conducting exercises that would take her from all ahead to full stop was rife with danger. The result was that the gross tonnage rule won out; the much smaller cruiser got her nose smacked pretty good.
I'm already working on my own to-scale vector version...
I may take you up on the offer of vector objects -- IF -- I'm not able to create my own. I work in ACD's Canvas, which is vector-based, and handles raster graphics seamlessly.
I'm sorta wondering whether -- when I post my damage vs relative speed analysis -- I should just go ahead and do so as a FReeperED post. That way, I could publish the whole saga -- including how the wrong time (and news articles) fooled me -- at first -- as well...
Again, thanks for your help!
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