U.S. Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippine container ship, ACX Crystal ...................There’s this new invention that would have prevented that - it’s called RADAR.
U.S. Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippine container ship, ACX Crystal ...................There are narrow sea lanes there with a lot of traffic. Even with your radar on you are on visual alert.
A container ship will travel pretty far even in full astern and strong current. They’re BIG. It’s possible the container ship strayed off course or even purposely rammed the destroyer. Lot’s of true believers in the Philippines.
Would the Captain fire hell into a close commercial container ship that suddenly maneuvers into him broadside or would he hold fire?
I’ve been in a collision on a US Navy ship with another US Navy ship. You can have all the radar you want, but the human element always exists.
This takes both captains asleep at the wheel. It’s a giant ocean out there. Hardly 5 o’clock rush hour bumper to bumper traffic.