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Posted on 6/16/17 at 7:03 pm to Priapus
I have a friend on that ship. 
Posted on 6/16/17 at 7:08 pm to Kcrad
How does this happen? Seriously
Posted on 6/16/17 at 7:14 pm to Priapus
????????????
Posted on 6/16/17 at 7:27 pm to HailToTheChiz
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US Navy needs our prayers by HailToTheChiz
How does this happen? Seriously
I'm ahock d it happened but:
The Strait is very narrow. It was also 3am. Those container ships turn at distances measured in miles.
I'd love to read the deck logs of the Fitz to see how the Conning Officer handled things.
This post was edited on 6/16/17 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 6/16/17 at 7:30 pm to PaperPaintball92
If you speak with him keep us updated
Posted on 6/16/17 at 7:30 pm to WestlakeTiger
...or the Red Sea, in and out of the Suez
Posted on 6/16/17 at 7:49 pm to namvet6566
Will do!
Posted on 6/16/17 at 7:57 pm to Priapus
I know you shouldn't cry over spilled milk but how in the hell did you not see this huge ship coming, either visibly, or by radar or sonar? Someone has some explaining to do.
Posted on 6/16/17 at 8:03 pm to HailToTheChiz
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How does this happen? Seriously
your other starboard!
Posted on 6/16/17 at 8:06 pm to Priapus
That will buff right out
Posted on 6/16/17 at 8:08 pm to nateslu1
Note to ISIS, build bomb, sneak onto cargo ship, drive up to US destroyer and place on deck.
My God, how fricking embarrassing. I don't know the terminology, but every MF'er in charge on our ship should be demoted
My God, how fricking embarrassing. I don't know the terminology, but every MF'er in charge on our ship should be demoted
Posted on 6/16/17 at 8:10 pm to 14&Counting
How? Take a look at the bulbous bow under the water line. That's what we don't see on the starboard aerial photos of the Fitzgerald
Posted on 6/16/17 at 8:13 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Are they calling it an allision?
No. It was a corrision.
Posted on 6/16/17 at 8:24 pm to kengel2
latest update from 7th fleet
quote:
PHILIPPINE SEA - USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) was involved in a collision with a merchant vessel at approximately 2:30 a.m. local time, June 17, while operating about 56 nautical miles southwest of Yokosuka, Japan.
As of this time, there have been two patients requiring medical evacuation. One was Cmdr. Bryce Benson, Fitzgerald's commanding officer, who was transferred to U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka and is reportedly in stable condition. A second MEDEVAC is in progress. Other injured are being assessed. There are seven Sailors unaccounted for; the ship and the Japanese Coast Guard continues to search for them.
Although Fitzgerald is under her own power, USS Dewey (DDG 105) got underway this morning as well as several U.S. Navy aircraft, and will join Japanese Coast Guard and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters, ships and aircraft to render whatever assistance may be required.
"U.S. and Japanese support from the Navy, Maritime Self Defense Force and Coast Guard are in the area to ensure that the Sailors on USS Fitzgerald have the resources they need to stabilize their ship. As more information is learned, we will be sure to share to it with the Fitzgerald families and when appropriate the public. Thank you for your well wishes and messages of concern. All of our thoughts and prayers are with the Fitzgerald crew and their families," said Adm. John Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations.
"Right now we are focused on two things: the safety of the ship and the well-being of the Sailors," said Adm. Scott Swift, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. "We thank our Japanese partners for their assistance."
This post was edited on 6/16/17 at 8:26 pm
Posted on 6/16/17 at 8:27 pm to Priapus
The CO and the OOD are in serious doo-doo.
Posted on 6/16/17 at 8:40 pm to rt3
torpedoed.
Posted on 6/16/17 at 9:03 pm to kengel2
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7th Fleet? @US7thFleet
#FITZ UPDATE: 2 Sailors in addition to Cmdr. Benson have been medevac'd from FITZ to USNH-Yokosuka for lacerations & bruises.
Posted on 6/16/17 at 9:08 pm to redstick13
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Our navy isn't what it was 10 years ago. Obama administration cut a ton of their money.
And...
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The U.S. NAVY is the most powerful group on this earth
by far. Not sure what you're trying to say with that comment, redstick13.
Posted on 6/16/17 at 9:17 pm to rmnldr
While it is still the most powerful on earth it is not at a level it was 10 years ago. A chunk of the fleet is not battle ready. It takes a ton of money to maintain a fleet of ships and it must be done regularly. The navy hasn't had the funding to do this. If we went on a full scale war tomorrow we would be without a good portion of our naval potential.
This is how it was explained to me by a retired navy friend of mine.
This is how it was explained to me by a retired navy friend of mine.
This post was edited on 6/16/17 at 9:20 pm
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