Posted on 11/28/2017 5:11:42 AM PST by Daffynition
The USS Fitzgerald, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer crippled in a collision this summer, was damaged again this month as it was loaded on to a heavy-lift vessel that was supposed to take it to the US for repairs.
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Perhaps they should rename it “Scharnhorst” ... another cursed ship.
Ships named *Fitzgerald* come with their own curious curse. :(
Maybe they need a refresher course in floating boats in their bath tubs. Just sayin'.
It is November, after all...
They are blaming *sleep deprivation*.
PFL
Then maybe they just need to crawl back into their own beds and quit “enjoying their sexual freedom” granted by the perverts at the pentagon!
Gordon Lightfoot, call your producer! There’s a song waiting to be written.
My dad was a Naval officer. Sleep deprivation seems to be a way of life in the Navy, and none of his ships ever had these kinds of accidents. He mentioned two specific ships in the Pacific Fleet that, around the time of the Gulf War, were generally known to be screw-ups. I’ll have to ask him which ships they were and check if they ever bungled like this.
Each ship develops a culture that seems to persist with the ebb and flow of individual crew members. Changing a culture requires an extraordinary level of attention, force, discipline and training driven from the top with the cooperation of some JOs and most of the goat-locker. Oh and firings. Massive firings.
The people that really have me scratching my head are the crew of the heavy lift vessel. This is what they do. They should be able to take on, transport, and deliver cargo without damaging it. They deal with ships & crews that have never done this before. Therefore the heavy lift guys should have it worked out where they don't have to rely on their cargo doing the right thing. I consider this a serious professional black mark against them.
If it were me (on the heavy-lift vessel)... I'd have the loading procedure down to: put your vessel in deep water; shut down your engines; put your hands in your pockets; sit down, shut up, and enjoy the ride. I'd do everything with my guys and winches. Same thing unloading - don't stand up, take hands out of pockets, nor start engines until I'm a mile clear and stern-to. ;-)
Once it is in dry dock they will fix it. The problem is the USA has reduced ship making/repair facilities to the bare minimum. In war time we are toast. Not enough infrastructure. Thanks globalists, thanks free trade, thanks for nothing.
why don’t they just scrap it and build a new one from scratch? probably more cost effective......a true cluster f^5k
Brings back memories
“The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” - Gordon Lightfoot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A
“What’s up with these guys/gals? Maybe they need a refresher course in floating boats in their bath tubs. Just sayin”.......
Readers should take note, those who were moving and expected to transport the ship were HIRED CONTRACTORS, and NOT part of the U.S. Navy. The media putting a slant on their poor reporting...... AGAIN..
If it happened while loading it on to the heavy-lift ship then I would think that the blame lies with that crew rather than the crew of the Fitzgerald. They should know how to position the destroyer without damaging it.
You put men and a lot of gear together in complex situations, stuff happens... Heck, even in simple situations...
Here is an excellent documentary of the wreck, which was November 11, 1975. It killed 29 men.
On November 11, 1975 the Great Lakes freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank with all hands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXXII2VyIbM
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