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More details coming out about USS Fitzgerald collision (with a pic of the inside damage)
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:09 am
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:09 am
LINK
Pic of the stateroom:
I couldn't imagine being the officer who gave the order to seal those sailors in the flooded area.
quote:
According to the current operational theory of Japanese investigators, the deadly collision between USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) and the Philippine-flagged merchant ship ACX Crystal knocked out the destroyer’s communications for an hour, while the four-times-larger merchant ship was unaware of what it hit until it doubled back and found the damaged warship, two sources familiar with the ongoing Japanese investigation told USNI News on Wednesday.
Investigators now think Crystal was transiting to Tokyo on autopilot with an inattentive or asleep crew when the merchant vessel struck a glancing blow on the destroyer’s starboard side at about 1:30 AM local time on Friday. When the crew of Crystal realized they had hit something, the ship performed a U-turn in the shipping lane and sped back to the initial site of the collision at 18 knots, discovered Fitzgerald, and radioed a distress call to authorities at about 2:30 AM. U.S. Navy officials initially said the collision occurred at around the time of the distress call at 2:30 AM.
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Meanwhile, when Crystal’s port bow hit Fitzgerald, the warship was performing a normal transit off the coast of Japan, USNI News understands. Above the waterline, the flared bow of Crystal caved in several spaces in the superstructure, including the stateroom of commanding officer Cmdr. Bryce Benson.
The impact not only ripped a hole in the steel superstructure in the stateroom but also shifted the contents and shape of the steel so Benson was “squeezed out the hull and was outside the skin of the ship,” a sailor familiar with the damage to the ship told USNI News.
Pic of the stateroom:
quote:
The seven sailors who died aboard were sealed in the berthing area behind a watertight door as the ship’s company fought to keep the ship afloat, according to a description of events the Navy told the family of Fire Controlman 1st Class Gary Leo Rehm Jr., according to The Associated Press. It’s yet unclear if the ship’s watch had time to sound the collision alarm or call general quarters before Crystal hit the destroyer.
I couldn't imagine being the officer who gave the order to seal those sailors in the flooded area.
This post was edited on 6/22/17 at 9:17 am
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:10 am to GetCocky11
Crash was so violent it broke the image in this thread
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:11 am to CAD703X
I'm looking at the image just fine in my OP.
This post was edited on 6/22/17 at 9:11 am
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:11 am to GetCocky11
quote:
I'm looking at the image just fine in my OP.
it doesn't work
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:12 am to GetCocky11
Sounds nice.....but I don't see it.
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:12 am to HailToTheChiz
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:13 am to GetCocky11
quote:
I'm looking at the image just fine in my OP.
You must be the only one then
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:13 am to GetCocky11
quote:yup looks just like the first one
Here it is again.
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:13 am to GetCocky11
Okay, OP added pic. well done, OP.
This post was edited on 6/22/17 at 9:30 am
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:13 am to GetCocky11
I dont care what the reason. No US Destroyer should ever let a fricking cargo ship run into it. Total fail by the people in command.
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:14 am to When in Rome
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Hey OP, let me help you out there.
Again, it shows up in my OP. So again, there is nothing I can do if I don't see what you are (or aren't) seeing.
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:14 am to GetCocky11
(no message)
This post was edited on 10/19/21 at 10:50 pm
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:14 am to LanierSpots
quote:
I dont care what the reason. No US Destroyer should ever let a fricking cargo ship run into it. Total fail by the people in command.
THIS
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:14 am to GetCocky11
quote:
Don't know what to tell you. It is showing up fine.
Nope, b/c you are trying to hotlink to a site that won't let you.
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:15 am to lsutiger2010
Now yall are just screwing with me.
Here it is again. From a different site.
Here it is again. From a different site.
This post was edited on 6/22/17 at 9:17 am
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:16 am to GetCocky11
I see nothing.
In my best German voice.
In my best German voice.
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