How does a US Navy ship get hit by another ship?

[preCRT]

No Captain on board??

 

[shortylickens]

Finally, something I can actually answer.


Its dark out at night, on the ocean.
And the running lights can surprisingly not be enough to see another ship. Sounds crazy but its true.

Also, the lookouts on both ships were probably napping or fucking off. I stood lookout. Its boring.
But if I got caught fucking off, I'd get the shit beat out of me.

So obviously, the Navy needs to bring back ass whoopins.

Also, was the weather bad?

 

[SOFTengCOMPelec]

Apparently hit by Philippine ship.

Destroyer USS Fitzgerald Collides with Philippine Merchant Ship

Source of picture:
https://news.usni.org/2017/06/16/destroyer-uss-fitzgerald-collides-japanese-merchant-ship

 

[Puffnstuff]

I just watched the post collision footage of it being serviced by tugs on CNN and the starboard superstructure is heavily damaged and it can't operate under its own power. They mentioned that several members of the crew are injured but there aren't any details at this time until after family members have been notified.

This class of ship is outfitted with multiple radar systems which you can read about here http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&ct=4&tid=900. This particular vessel just completed $21 million in upgrades this past February so I'm curious to see just how many officers are relieved of duty over this incident.

 

[ivwshane]

Obama!

 

[zinfamous]

Finally, something I can actually answer.


Its dark out at night, on the ocean.
And the running lights can surprisingly not be enough to see another ship. Sounds crazy but its true.

Also, the lookouts on both ships were probably napping or fucking off. I stood lookout. Its boring.
But if I got caught fucking off, I'd get the shit beat out of me.

So obviously, the Navy needs to bring back ass whoopins.

Also, was the weather bad?

maybe the dude held up his green "don't yell at me!" card?

lol--they do that in bootcamp now, right? or, a few years ago, anyway.

 

[zinfamous]

Obama!

ah yes! Obama returns in force with his shadow government. Even a sophisticated modern Navy ship couldn't see them!

 

[zinfamous]

Apparently hit by Philippine ship.



Source of picture:
https://news.usni.org/2017/06/16/destroyer-uss-fitzgerald-collides-japanese-merchant-ship

I wonder what Trump's next conversation with Duterte will be like?

 

[shortylickens]

maybe the dude held up his green "don't yell at me!" card?

lol--they do that in bootcamp now, right? or, a few years ago, anyway.

They NEVER did that. Its an internet legend that actually gets worse as time goes on.
The card was blue not green, and it never said "Dont Yell at ME!"

It said if you were feeling depressed you could go see the command chaplain for guidance IF you had free time at the end of the day.
For those of you who never went to boot camp: There is no such thing as free time at the end of the day.

The card was meaningless. On top of which, a few ignorant stupid cowardly loudmouthed assholes started spreading the rumor it was a Get Out Of Jail Free card.
And more dummies on top of that believed the lie and kept spreading it.

 

[Puffnstuff]

Trump is staring at the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake right now and can't be bothered with common people problems like some sailors being injured at sea.

 

[SOFTengCOMPelec]

I managed to find out what happened.

There was a new junior on the civilian ship, controlling it for the first time. He pointed at the ship ahead, and warned they were on a collision course, and he wasn't sure what type of ship it was ?.

So the experienced sailor, pointed to the ship and said "Destroyer"

The inexperienced junior sailor, said "Wow, but if that's your orders, Destroy-Her it is", and he promptly crashed his boat into the Destroyer.

Sorry, my jokes are bad, I guess.

 

[zinfamous]

They NEVER did that. Its an internet legend that actually gets worse as time goes on.
The card was blue not green, and it never said "Dont Yell at ME!"

It said if you were feeling depressed you could go see the command chaplain for guidance IF you had free time at the end of the day.
For those of you who never went to boot camp: There is no such thing as free time at the end of the day.

The card was meaningless. On top of which, a few ignorant stupid cowardly loudmouthed assholes started spreading the rumor it was a Get Out Of Jail Free card.
And more dummies on top of that believed the lie and kept spreading it.

AH OK, thanks. I got this from a national guardsman that was my roommate in college...this was before the internet though, bro (OK, before I ever thought to get on the internet, anyway)

 

[IronWing]

Arleigh Burke class (DDG 51) destroyers :
Length: Flights I and II (DDG 51-78): 505 feet (153.92 meters); Flight IIA (DDG 79 AF): 509 1/2 feet (155.29 meters)
Beam: 59 feet (18 meters)
Displacement: 8,230 - 9,700 Ltons

ACX Crystal:
Gross Tonnage: 29060 t
Deadweight: 39565 t
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 222.6m × 30.1m

Read more at http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais...360611/vessel:ACX_CRYSTAL#MyypFSDbQc7MmruQ.99

Container ship wins.

 

[zinfamous]

I managed to find out what happened.

There was a new junior on the civilian ship, controlling it for the first time. He pointed at the ship ahead, and warned they were on a collision course, and he wasn't sure what type of ship it was ?.

So the experienced sailor, pointed to the ship and said "Destroyer"

The inexperienced junior sailor, said "Wow, but if that's your orders, Destroy-Her it is", and he promptly crashed his boat into the Destroyer.

Sorry, my jokes are bad, I guess.

yeah, you should feel bad.

 

[SOFTengCOMPelec]

I wonder what Trump's next conversation with Duterte will be like?

If it is going to be bad, we will probably know about it. Because Trump will twitter some very bad things at him.
If I was Duterte, I'd disable my twitter account for a while (joke).

 

[IronWing]

Navy needs more ram.

 

[OutHouse]

Major fuckup. A few naval careers just jut flushed.

 

[SOFTengCOMPelec]

This doesn't sound so good:

Coast Guard reports 7 US crew missing, 1 injured

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20170617_13/

I originally thought there were no deaths, and it was NOT too bad on the crew. Maybe there is bad news to come, after the relatives have been informed ?

 

[xthetenth]

When a ship that displaces that much head towards a navy ship, there is going to be a course correction.

It's just that this time, the officers' careers are going to have their course corrected rather than the ship.

 

[sandorski]

I managed to find out what happened.

There was a new junior on the civilian ship, controlling it for the first time. He pointed at the ship ahead, and warned they were on a collision course, and he wasn't sure what type of ship it was ?.

So the experienced sailor, pointed to the ship and said "Destroyer"

The inexperienced junior sailor, said "Wow, but if that's your orders, Destroy-Her it is", and he promptly crashed his boat into the Destroyer.

Sorry, my jokes are bad, I guess.

2/5 for Effort.

 

[HTFOff]

This doesn't sound so good:



https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20170617_13/

I originally thought there were no deaths, and it was NOT too bad on the crew. Maybe there is bad news to come, after the relatives have been informed ?

Never know when it's your time. Hoping for the best.

 

[kage69]

Navy needs more ram.

There really should be some kind of modular attachment for the bow so skippers can bring back the war galleon days. I want to see a Burke fitted with a big ol 5 ton metal fist damnit.

 

[Jaskalas]

How many more collisions would it take to eliminate our naval presence in the far east?
Looks rather effective.

 

[brycejones]

Arleigh Burke class (DDG 51) destroyers :
Length: Flights I and II (DDG 51-78): 505 feet (153.92 meters); Flight IIA (DDG 79 AF): 509 1/2 feet (155.29 meters)
Beam: 59 feet (18 meters)
Displacement: 8,230 - 9,700 Ltons

ACX Crystal:
Gross Tonnage: 29060 t
Deadweight: 39565 t
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 222.6m × 30.1m

Read more at http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais...360611/vessel:ACX_CRYSTAL#MyypFSDbQc7MmruQ.99

Container ship wins.

Angry Twitter fingers will be outraged at how small our ships are.

We need bigger ships so the other countries won't take advantage of our tiny weak ships. The world is laughing at how tiny they are it's a joke people. Jarod is going to be in charge of getting us new ships that are so big you won't believe how big they will be. Bigger than the bucket of fried chicken I fantasize Ivanka being in covered with fried chicken.

 

[Puffnstuff]

Trump is probably wanting to tweet something like "bad hombres piloting navy ship causes accident, need 1 quadrillion dollars to buy better ships. I'll put Jared on it first thing Monday morning as we can't be bothered with it right now. #TGIF".