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2017-06-26 -Short Attention Span Theater-

U.S. warship stayed on deadly collision course despite warning-container ship captain

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Posted by gorb 2017-06-26 12:49|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 A spokesman for the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet in Yokosuka, the Fitzgerald's home port, said he was unable to comment on an ongoing investigation.

Until they have someone to blame.

the Fitzgerald's commander was injured in his cabin

What are the US Navy's protocols for 'close transit' on the high seas? Isn't there a requirement for some command level to be in attendance?

Posted by Skidmark 2017-06-26 17:16|| 2017-06-26 17:16|| Front Page Top

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2017-06-26 19:23|| 2017-06-26 19:23|| Front Page Top

#3 I am *so* stealing that AS!

Posted by CrazyFool 2017-06-26 19:47|| 2017-06-26 19:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Gotta post this:

This is the transcript of a radio conversation of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October, 1995. Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-95.

Americans: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a Collision.
Canadians: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.
Americans: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course.
Canadians: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.
Americans: This is the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln, the second largest ship in the United States' Atlantic fleet. We are accompanied by three destroyers, three cruisers and numerous support vessels. I demand that YOU change your course 15 degrees north, that's one five degrees north, or countermeasures will be undertaken to ensure the safety of this ship.
Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.[2]

Posted by CrazyFool 2017-06-26 19:54|| 2017-06-26 19:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Guy driving the container boat says the other guy was at fault. Big shocker there.
Just as an aside, why is everyone suprised that a DDG that's semi-stealthy, to visible and radar, is hard to see on visible, in the dark, and on radar.
I thought that was the point.

Posted by ed in texas 2017-06-26 21:39|| 2017-06-26 21:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Note to Skid: Yeah, they have the OOD, officer of the deck, who's basically in charge of driving the boat. Even when the captain comes on the bridge, he has to assume control, hence the statement "Captain has the deck".
US Navy captains have in their stateroom a monitor screen, usually set to duplicate of the main nav screen on the bridge.
What I don't know is the status of DDG radar for ordinary navigation; you can't use those big phased array SPY's for that, you'd fry everything between you and the horizon, or so it would seem.

Posted by ed in texas 2017-06-26 21:50|| 2017-06-26 21:50|| Front Page Top

#7 According to Wikipedia, the Fitzgerald has two surface search/navigation radars for exactly this sort of thing. The Fitzgerald should have been tracking the ACX Crystal for a long time before the collision.

As I understand the nautical rules of the road, it was the Fitzgerald's responsibility to avoid the Crystal, since the container ship was approaching from starboard.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2017-06-26 22:20|| 2017-06-26 22:20|| Front Page Top

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