Here's the instructor
Posted on 08/20/2017 5:04:57 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
USS John S. McCain has collided with a merchant vessel east of Singapore and the Strait of Malacca. The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain was involved in a collision with a merchant vessel east of Singapore and the Strait of Malacca, the Navy said in a tweet. Initial reports indicate the warship sustained damage to its port side aft. No immediate word on any casualties. Search and rescue efforts are under way in coordination with local authorities, the Navy said. The warship is named after John S. McCain, Sr., and John S. McCain, Jr., both Admirals in the U.S. Navy, and the grandfather and father, respectively, of the Arizona senator.
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Malacca is a Greek swear word.
Fits McLame nicely.
Looks a lot like the USS Fitzgerald.
Malacca Strait runs NNW to SSE.
To the east of Straits is Malaya.
They should not have been on land in the first place!!!
Intentional...
I remember the song about the wreck of the Ella Fitzgerald.
The Admirals John S McCain that it is named for are long dead.
Their son and grandson is still around to plague us.
Makes me think that there might be some PNT spoofing/jamming going on.
LOL, I see what you did there ol’boy.
Here some specifics:
Other vessel is the merchant vessel Alnic MC,
Accident reported at 6:24am Japan Standard Time
http://americanmilitarynews.com/2017/08/breaking-us-navy-destroyer-uss-john-mccain-collides-with-large-merchant-vessel-search-and-rescue-underway/
The U.S. Navy 7th Fleet put out the following statement:
SOUTH CHINA SEA – The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC while underway east of Singapore and the Strait of Malacca on Aug. 21.
The collision was reported at 6:24 a.m. Japan Standard Time, while the ship was transiting to a routine port visit in Singapore.
Initial reports indicate John S. McCain sustained damage to her port side aft.
Search and rescue efforts are underway in coordination with local authorities.
Does it only turn left?
This is my bet. PNT spoofing or jamming. Maybe even directing the merchant into USN. From the looks of the frieghter's track into Fitxgerald I'd believe it.
Never put a transvestite at the helm.
McCain *is* a Malacca.
McCales Navy!
400+ post thread on deck.
It’s in my book!
Astonishing Tales of the Sea.
The ship should be renamed for somebody who didn’t leave behind, afflict us with the current senator McShame.
Here's the instructor
“Once is an anomaly. Two is a trend”
How hackers are targeting the shipping industry
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40685821
August 18, 2017
You made my day.
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