big prayers for all, Navy ship collides with merchant ship. with all the toys that's ship has. how could it happen?
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Yes, prayers for all involved - especially those still missing.
On the collision and how it happened - Sometimes, easier than you think. Restricted maneuvering, exercises or evolutions being conducted, etc...
In 1999, one of our destroyers, the USS Arthur W. Radford (DD-968) was running calibration tests that required it to go in circles in a certain area off the coast. I was not on that ship, but I've run those same tests with my electronic equipment on four other US Navy ships. It was restricted in it's maneuvering, due to the test. The Saudi Riyadh hit it as they were entering Chesapeake Bay. Although the Radford's Captain got relieved in that instance (and probably will in this instance, just because of the way the Navy works), they said the blame actually laid 65% with the merchant, and 35% with the Radford.
I'm not sure what happened in this instance, as there is a full bridge crew and probably a full crew in the Combat Information Center on watch to avoid these kinds of things. But when big ships get in unplanned close proximity to each other, things can go to heck really quick. They don't exactly turn or stop on a dime, and sometimes the ship that is in the "right" ends up getting hit regardless of whether they were right or wrong.
I'm going to wait to hear what happened before I start coming to conclusions.
All the best,
Glenn
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Originally posted by flywise View PostI asked the same question earlier, seems to me there are more than one good radar on the ship and that another ship encroaching would signal to someone in plenty of time to avoid an accident
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The area where the wreck happened is known for heavy maritime traffic, the Japanese coast guard said. About 400 to 500 ships pass through the zone each day, the service said.
The last known fatal incident there was in September 2015, when a South Korean vessel and a Japanese container ship collided, Japan's coast guard reported. Six Japanese crew were declared dead.
The area has seen two other major collisions in the past five years.
In such a busy shipping lane, the ships may have been in a "restricted navigation" situation, meaning they would have had o observe strict rules for movement and positioning in relation to other vessels in their vicinity, said Carl Schuster, former director of operations at the US Pacific Command's Joint Intelligence Center and a Hawaii Pacific University professor.
Those rules leave vessels little room to maneuver, as turning away from one ship could place a vessel at risk of an even more serious incident with another, Schuster said.
The Fitzgerald is an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer with a crew of approximately 330 sailors. The 10,000-ton vessel is 505 feet long.
It completed $21 million in upgrades and repairs in February and is forward-deployed to Yokosuka, supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, the service said.
The 29,000-ton container ship, which handles general cargo, includes a captain and a crew of 20, NYK said. It was built in 2008 and is about 730 feet long.
The larger size of the container ship could have left the smaller US destroyer vulnerable in the collision, Schuster said.
...The collision was the second in the region for US Navy warship in just more than a month. On May 9, the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain was struck by a South Korean fishing boat off the Korean Peninsula.
No injuries were reported in that incident, which a Navy official said occurred when the fishing boat's crew did not have a radio to hear warnings from the US warship.
The guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam ran aground in late January while anchoring near Yokosuka, damaging its propellers and discharging 1,100 gallons of hydraulic oil into the bay.
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Originally posted by cajuntec View Post
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Taking a moment to honor the sailors that paid the ultimate sacrifice onboard USS Fitzgerald:
- Gunner’s Mate Seaman Dakota Kyle Rigsby, 19, from Palmyra, Virginia
- Yeoman 3rd Class Shingo Alexander Douglass, 25, from San Diego, California
- Sonar Technician 3rd Class Ngoc T Truong Huynh, 25, from Oakville, Connecticut
- Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Noe Hernandez, 26, from Weslaco, Texas
- Fire Controlman 2nd Class Carlosvictor Ganzon Sibayan, 23, from Chula Vista, California
- Personnel Specialist 1st Class Xavier Alec Martin, 24, from Halethorpe, Maryland
- Fire Controlman 1st Class Gary Leo Rehm Jr., 37, from Elyria, Ohio
All the best,
Glenn
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Originally posted by flywise View PostIm almost convinced it was either a terror attack or an act of war.
Now i only base this on youtube vids but the conspiracy theories i have seen do seem to make some since.
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