re: Tin Foil Hat time: two Navy vessels colliding within a few months

With all of the safeguards in place as described here by Navy personnel, it has to be at least considered a possibility.

Which steamship lines were involved?

U.S. Navy, citing poor seamanship, removes commanders of warship in deadly crash
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The John S. McCain, an American guided-missile destroyer, with a hole in its rear left side, in waters off Singapore on Monday. Credit Ahmad Masood/Reuters

First, Admiral Richardson said, he ordered an “operational pause” for Navy fleet commanders to review teamwork, safety, seamanship and other “fundamentals” aboard all 277 Navy vessels. Commanders will space out the review to avoid hampering operations, like the war games in South Korea that started on Monday.

Second, the admiral said, he ordered a broader, monthslong review to examine the specific problems with the Navy’s Seventh Fleet, based in Japan, as the Navy has suffered four major ship accidents in the western Pacific since February.

“That gives great cause for concern that there’s something out there that we’re not getting at,” Admiral Richardson told reporters at the Pentagon during a brief news conference.

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the other Naval ship that collided was with a Philippine freighter. I think the McCain hit an oil tanker, origin unknown at this time?

The Navy is quick to drop the hammer.

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The Navy is quick to drop the hammer

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As it should be; the Fed needs to adopt this

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Is there any way that they could be the result of cyber attacks, i.e. hostile actors gaining control of the Navy ship's navigation system or that of the foreign vessel?

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I would think it far more likely that these were deliberate attacks by the "merchant" vessels. Instead of cars driving into crowds, you have ships ramming ships who are not allowed to fire on them under the RUE and Navy is keeping it under wraps to downplay the threat.

However, I think it's far more likely than that that we just have some tards at the helm.

My question would be why the Navy dropped the hammer on officers and crew if they knew there was a cyber intrusion and the crew wasn't at fault?

ETA: posted before reading entire thread.

I posted their bios because many years of sacrifice went into their careers, their wives and families as well. Even tho it's SOP for the CO and XO to take blame, I am wondering if their careers will ever be reinstated if foul play is discovered with them and the McCain. Or... if someone was really asleep on watch. There has to be many inept and asleep for such a thing to happen. It makes no sense.

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Crypto is the Navy's thing, they are really good at it.

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slight chuckle.

In the case of the Fitzgerald, it was reported that the Phillipine freighter flashed lights to the USS ship as typical warning beforehand and the signals went ignored and they crashed. It claimed the freighter had right of way. If the freighter saw them why didn't they attempt to change course? What is the lag time of a commercial freighter changing course?