Posted on 02/18/2014 1:12:28 PM PST by gandalftb
The guided-missile frigate USS Taylor, one of two ships on deployment in the Black Sea, is being inspected for damage after running aground last week as it was preparing to moor in Samsun, Turkey, a spokesman for the U.S. 6th Fleet said Tuesday.
The Taylor was able to moor without further incident, and there were no injuries, said 6th Fleet spokesman Lt. Shawn Eklund.
The incident, which occurred on Feb. 12, is under further investigation, Eklund said.
The Taylor and the USS Mount Whitney, an amphibious command ship and the 6th Fleet flagship, entered the Black Sea on Feb. 4 on what the Navy said was a routine and pre-scheduled deployment to the region.
The Pentagon announced their planned deployment in January, after terrorist groups threatened to disrupt the Olympic Games in Sochi, the resort town on Russia’s Black Sea coast.
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JFK said only schmucks ran their ships aground. /s
I have a feeling we’ll see one or more people being relieved of duty in the near future.
Pimg for mt.
Maybe the ship recently HAD it, but doesn't anymore?
Must really suck to have your career plans flash before your eyes when you felt that “thump”.
Isn’t the Captain automatically relieved of command over something like this?
Clear evidence of a purge of the military. The Captain of the Taylor is yet another victim of the Obama Administration. /Sarc. Actually the Navy takes a very dim view of Skippers who park their ships on solid ground, it’s a career ending incident.
How did he feel about getting ran over by Destroyers?
LOL
Even if you are a diversity promote? I would think that if the captain was a female or a minority, especially a female minority, relieving of duty would not be automatic. . .just given the political environment today. . .
The Capt.. didnt run aground THE CREW DID... (most likely)..
That'll depend on the results of the investigation into their political leanings.
My bro was on watch and using binoculars, he spotted a submarine periscope waaaaay off in the horizon on their course. Said it scared the sh** out of him.
17th Cmdr will probably be looking for a new position maybe
even outside the navy in the near future.
17.) 13 Nov. 2012 - Cmdr. Dennis J. Volpe (Long Island, N.Y.)
http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0750.htm
Putin didn’t even let them moor at Sochi.
To be decommissioned in 2015.
Ahhhh...but the question is: Did the crew do it on purpose?
Even if you are a diversity promote? I would think that if the captain was a female or a minority, especially a female minority, relieving of duty would not be automatic. . .just given the political environment today. . .
I think their chances of staying with a murder charge is more likely then running the ship aground even today.
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