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| USS Antietam guided-missile cruiser runs aground off Japan |
| 2017-02-03 |
| [CNN] The USS Antietam, a US Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser, damaged its propellers and spilled hydraulic oil into the water after running aground off the coast of Japan. The incident, which occurred Tuesday while the ship was anchoring in Tokyo Bay near Yokosuka, Japan, did not result in any injuries to US or Japanese personnel, but the discharge of up to 1,100 gallons of hydraulic oil prompted environmental concerns. "The Navy is cooperating with the Government of Japan and Local Japanese Coast Guard in response to this issue and is exhausting all options to minimize impacts to the environment," according to a statement from Kyoko Sugita, a US Navy spokesperson. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 She drug anchor in a storm and, sadly, the bottom of Tokyo Bay is all rocks. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-02-03 20:24 |
| #7 Luckily Rocks & Shoals Article 4, Section 10, no longer applies. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2017-02-03 14:23 |
| #6 Scratch one Captain's career. Unless there there's a war going on with significant losses. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2017-02-03 11:52 |
| #5 My comment was not intended to disparage the unfortunate Captain - I was merely commenting on the factual reality of what happens when a warship is run aground. Mea culpa. |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2017-02-03 11:35 |
| #4 Spruance and Nimitz had similar kinds of experience when they were junior officers... |
| Posted by: JFM 2017-02-03 10:57 |
| #3 You had one job... |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-02-03 10:19 |
| #2 #1 Scratch one Captain's career. Posted by: Lone Ranger 2017-02-03 02:18 Sadly, tragically, yes, even though it appears the pilot was giving the orders at the time. I was dockside greeting a friend almost thirty years ago when the carrier Eisenhower was inbound to Norfolk after a six month deployment without so much as a band-aid for the crew...and the pilot ran her into an anchored freighter less than a mile from the pier. The skipper was relieved the instant they tied up. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2017-02-03 05:10 |
| #1 Scratch one Captain's career. |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2017-02-03 02:18 |