Thank you for your service Sir. My Dad was on the the John W. Thomason (DD-760), served in the Korean War. Sailors back then were made of steel. I was in the Navy from 1980-1984. We were tough but nothing like you guys. We even had airconditioning on my ship. There's no excuse for this collision to happen. The military has transformed into something like the boy scouts. My buddies ship went on a West Pac with 50 women onboard. 25 women got pregnant on the trip. You dont hear about that on the news. Its politically incorrect to talk about. Who knows what they were doing on the bridge tracking that ship. Prolly some young officer of the deck was on duty playing a game on his iphone
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Re: Navy crash and blow boaters
Pate B.
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06-20-2017 08:10 AM #32Senior Member
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Here is bridge audio from another navy ship that crashed into a large merchant ship: http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=20200
FTFD... i drive a slow 1968 41c381
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Sounds like the guy holding the wheel was the only one who knew what was going on.
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"The USS Fitzgerald was damaged on the right side — the starboard side — and maritime law requires ships to give way to the vessel on their starboard side. When asked about this Sunday, the Seventh Fleet commander, Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin, declined to answer."
"DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU READ OR HEAR AND ONLY HALF OF WHAT YOU SEE" - BEN FRANKLIN
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My experience with industrial (mainly chemical) accidents is it usually takes two things gone wrong to cause an accident, Two things done wrong at the same time. This was also true for an explosion in PR that leveled a building with lots of lost lives. That one had three issues. I suspect this accident will be relatively easy to figure out, but we may never hear the results. Very sad that so many lost their lives over a totally avoidable situation..... avoidable in the usual course of events. Now if this was an act of terrorism ....
Bobk
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06-20-2017 02:13 PM #37Senior Member
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The USS Fitzgerald Is At Fault. This Is Why.
June 19, 2017 by John Konrad
http://gcaptain.com/uss-fitzgerald-fault/FTFD... i drive a slow 1968 41c381
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06-20-2017 02:56 PM #38Senior Member
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Good article. The way I see it when a ship under way does not comply with rules of the road there is a potential for collision.
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06-22-2017 11:55 AM #39Senior Member
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Compare these two bridges and evolutions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2Sjwryjr6Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKCDB5Ke3BUFTFD... i drive a slow 1968 41c381
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Interesting videos which indeed show a sharp contrast. Way too many bodies on the carrier bridge, way too many people talking and relaying informations and orders Not a problem coming in NY Harbour where everybody will stay out of the way but obviously not very efficient at night in busy shipping lanes
Pascal
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