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2017-08-23 Home Front: WoT
US Navy to dismiss commander after collisions
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Posted by Fred 2017-08-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 I know the Straits of Malacca are supposed to be the most crowed shipping lanes in the world but I have to wonder if there is a command culture problem at work here. Or an over reliance on electronic sensing . If lookouts are posted and are not allowed to singout at need then we have a problem.
Posted by Cheaderhead 2017-08-23 06:02||   2017-08-23 06:02|| Front Page Top

#2 The first question I'd ask "are the personnel allowed their smarphones on watch?".
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-08-23 07:10||   2017-08-23 07:10|| Front Page Top

#3 I've always been told that there is no bad luck in the Navy only bad seamanship.

Start at the top and play whack a mole to the problem is fixed.
Posted by AlanC 2017-08-23 07:39||   2017-08-23 07:39|| Front Page Top

#4 May I also add 'efficiency experts'? Sensors and a Star Trek command suite are no substitute for eyes on the horizon, 24/7, particularly in shipping channels. If you are not manned with enough personnel to do all the duties and watches, and get proper rest, performance drops.
Posted by Procopius2k 2017-08-23 08:11||   2017-08-23 08:11|| Front Page Top

#5 A shot from a '5 inch' to the oncoming ship's bridge might encourage a course correction.
Posted by Besoeker 2017-08-23 08:14||   2017-08-23 08:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Re #5: Besoeker, you're kidding right?
Posted by Rambler in Virginia  2017-08-23 09:00||   2017-08-23 09:00|| Front Page Top

#7 I never er been in the Navy, so some of the guys who have can probably guess better than I c

Then what were you doing flying around on a ASW craft? Huuuuuuuummmmmm?
Posted by Shipman  2017-08-23 11:41||   2017-08-23 11:41|| Front Page Top

#8 There's always Greyhound buses.
Posted by JohnQC 2017-08-23 11:59||   2017-08-23 11:59|| Front Page Top

#9 They should issue Lucky Hats© to all Navy personnel
Posted by Frank G 2017-08-23 13:36||   2017-08-23 13:36|| Front Page Top

#10 Is the commander an Obama political appointee?
Posted by gorb 2017-08-23 15:36||   2017-08-23 15:36|| Front Page Top

#11 Somebody forget to turn the automatic identification system (AIS) on?
Posted by One Eyed Angulet1489 2017-08-23 18:52||   2017-08-23 18:52|| Front Page Top

#12 back in mid 70,s there was a rash of CVs getting hit by Liberian tankers in the same straits. right during the thick if the first OPEC gas/oil crisis.
as to automation, i think this is just a small taste of things to come with the introduction of smart ships like the Zumwalt. gotta have hands to mend things and eyes to see things
Posted by USN, Ret. 2017-08-23 21:43||   2017-08-23 21:43|| Front Page Top

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