Them Stealth Freighters have struck again. ;-)

Cheers.

Gotta love Trumps retort "That's too bad"

That's number 4 for the year. Obvious the problem is in training now. So who gets sacked at Annapolis?

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That's number 4 for the year. Obvious the problem is in training now. So who gets sacked at Annapolis?

Training problem?
I think more like a neglecting problem.
Perhaps captains today rely to much on technical devices.
How the radars on both ALNIC MC and USS John S McCain could miss is beyond me.

Anyway. The bridge should always be manned with either the captain or the first mate.
In this case the tanker ALNIC MC didn't follow the Right-of-way rules when hitting USS John S McCain on the port side.

Then again why did USS John S McCain chose to cross the path of merchant ships in perhaps the most trafficked sea in the world very early in the morning?

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_SINGAPORE_US_NAVY_SHIP_COLLISION_ASOL-?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-08-21-12-58-02

SINGAPORE (AP) -- The U.S. Navy ordered a broad investigation Monday into the performance and readiness of the Pacific-based 7th Fleet after an early morning collision between the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker in Southeast Asian waters left 10 U.S. sailors missing and others injured.

It was the second major collision in the last two months involving the Navy's 7th Fleet. Seven sailors died in June when the USS Fitzgerald and a container ship collided in waters off Japan.

Navy Adm. John Richardson, the chief of naval operations, will call for a pause in operations and seek a deeper look at how the Navy trains and certifies its forces that are operating around Japan, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said.

"He has put together a broader inquiry to look into these incidents," Mattis said, referring to the two recent collisions and other accidents at sea. Mattis spoke to reporters in Amman, Jordan, where he is traveling.

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An old urban legend has emerged again about the US Navy's navigation skills.
https://youtu.be/EPqtwV5utUY

Seamanship? Don't Think So.

Two Ships Capable of Taking Down Ballistic Missiles are Neutered. In an Area and Time, these Ships are Most Important.

REAL Story Not to be Told.

Man O Live

Ocean Going Yap

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May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!!

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NAVY_SHIP_COLLISIONS_FIRINGS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-09-18-13-09-23

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Navy has fired two senior commanders in the Pacific region in connection with recent deadly collisions of Navy ships, as part of a sweeping purge of leadership in the Japan-based fleet.

The announcement comes a day before the top U.S. Navy officer and the Navy secretary are scheduled to go to Capitol Hill for a hearing on the ship crashes.

http://abc7.com/news/scathing-report-blames-crew-errors-for-deadly-navy-collisions-/2591510/

Poor decisions and lax standards made by the crews of the USS Fitzgerald and the USS John S. McCain contributed to the deadly collisions last summer that killed 17 sailors, according to a new Navy investigation.

"The collisions were avoidable," said Adm. John Richardson, the chief of naval operations, in the executive summary to the report.

"Both of these accidents were preventable and the respective investigations found multiple failures by watchstanders that contributed to the incidents," he added in a statement accompanying the report's release. "We must do better."

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Number 5
http://abcnews.go.com/US/us-warship-collides-japanese-tug-boat-latest-mishap/story?id=51242298

A U.S. warship collided with a Japanese commercial tug boat in Japan's Sagami Bay on Saturday, marking the fifth time this year that a ship in the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet in the Pacific has been involved in a crash.

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