Collision at sea

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The USS Fitzgerald was under its own power but had limited propulsion after being involved in a collision with a Philippine-flagged merchant vessel ACX Crystal while operating off the coast of Japan, according to the U.S. military.

US Navy warship collides with cargo ship off coast of Japan

"A collision at sea can rule your whole day" - NOT from Thucydides!

 

[Godboy]

It happened at night, but i still dont understand how that could happen. I feel sorry for whoever was in command of the bridge at the time. I have a feeling the captain was asleep in his quarters when the collision occurred, so his career is probably safe.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

It happened at night, but i still dont understand how that could happen. I feel sorry for whoever was in command of the bridge at the time. I have a feeling the captain was asleep in his quarters when the collision occurred, so his career is probably safe.

Uh, no. He is ultimately responsible, no matter what!

A friend of mine's ship ran aground on a sand bar close to the pier in Newport , RI after a hurricane had deposited it there while the ship was at sea. No one could have possibly known it was there. His career was over the minute he ran aground. It doesn't matter what the circumstances are. The captain takes the heat.

 

[Wry Catcher]

It happened at night, but i still dont understand how that could happen. I feel sorry for whoever was in command of the bridge at the time. I have a feeling the captain was asleep in his quarters when the collision occurred, so his career is probably safe.

Uh, no. He is ultimately responsible, no matter what!

Port or Starboard lookouts on the bridge had better given the OD a heads up. Was fog a problem, and did the OD not set a fog watch. Too many questions, to little info.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Orientals are horrible drivers.

 

[MikeK]

I don't know anything about ships (except that I hate being on them) but doesn't a modern-day warship have some sort of radar sensing to protect against being rammed?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I don't know anything about ships (except that I hate being on them) but doesn't a modern-day warship have some sort of radar sensing to protect against being rammed?

Only since about the 1940s.

 

[depotoo]

CO Benson was injured, 3 compartments flooded, engineering and 2 berths.
Hit on starboard,thus Fitzgerald s fault. CO medevaced, 2nd medevac under way, no numbers known. 7 sailors missing.
XO has taken over command
Prayers out.

 

[depotoo]

Doubt it. He was also injured and medevaced out. Another medevac under way.

It happened at night, but i still dont understand how that could happen. I feel sorry for whoever was in command of the bridge at the time. I have a feeling the captain was asleep in his quarters when the collision occurred, so his career is probably safe.

 

[depotoo]

 

[depotoo]

Japan
58 min ago
Collided ship turns right angle
A record aboard a Philippine container ship involved in a collision with a US destroyer shows that it took a sharp right turn southeast of the Izu Peninsula around 1:30 AM, about an hour before the collision.

The record shows that the merchant ship, the ACX Crystal, then navigated east for about 30 minutes before making a U-turn and doubling back into the waters where the collision took place.

The ship left Nagoya, central Japan, for Tokyo on Friday evening, and passed south of the Izu Peninsula on Friday at midnight.

NHK

 

[DrainBamage]

I have a feeling the captain was asleep in his quarters when the collision occurred, so his career is probably safe.

Nope. I wish him a speedy recovery but his career is over, put a fork in it.

 

[IsaacNewton]

Now China knows our navy's weakness. Ramming speed!

 

[DrainBamage]

I don't know anything about ships (except that I hate being on them) but doesn't a modern-day warship have some sort of radar sensing to protect against being rammed?

It has both a surface search radar (the smaller one that constantly rotates) and SPY-1 (the big white panels on the wreck picture above) that give 360 degree search and track of both air and sea targets.

In theory it can sense a small cruise missile at wave-top height from 20 miles away, a cargo ship should not be a challenge.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Two big boats on an endless ocean yet they manage to collide?

Derp both captains till they're fucking blind

 

[Godboy]

It happened at night, but i still dont understand how that could happen. I feel sorry for whoever was in command of the bridge at the time. I have a feeling the captain was asleep in his quarters when the collision occurred, so his career is probably safe.

Uh, no. He is ultimately responsible, no matter what!

A friend of mine's ship ran aground on a sand bar close to the pier in Newport , RI after a hurricane had deposited it there while the ship was at sea. No one could have possibly known it was there. His career was over the minute he ran aground. It doesn't matter what the circumstances are. The captain takes the heat.

Ive never heard of a situation where the Captain was sleeping, his ship crashed while someone else was on duty at the wheel (given the time, it probably wasnt even the XO, but rather some lowly Lt JG), and the Captain gets busted.

 

[Mr Natural]

This is Obama's fault for decimating our military.

Right, Trumpsters?

 

[depotoo]

The seven missing sailors bodies have been recovered from the berthing compartments. May they RIP

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

It happened at night, but i still dont understand how that could happen. I feel sorry for whoever was in command of the bridge at the time. I have a feeling the captain was asleep in his quarters when the collision occurred, so his career is probably safe.

Uh, no. He is ultimately responsible, no matter what!

A friend of mine's ship ran aground on a sand bar close to the pier in Newport , RI after a hurricane had deposited it there while the ship was at sea. No one could have possibly known it was there. His career was over the minute he ran aground. It doesn't matter what the circumstances are. The captain takes the heat.

Ive never heard of a situation where the Captain was sleeping, his ship crashed while someone else was on duty at the wheel (given the time, it probably wasnt even the XO, but rather some lowly Lt JG), and the Captain gets busted.

Every time.

BTW, the ship is steered by enlisted personnel, usually a deck seaman at the direction of the conning officer who is usually supervised by the Officer-of-the-Deck (OOD).

XOs usually do not stand bridge watches.

I was qualified as OOD on a guided missile cruiser.

 

[bodecea]

It happened at night, but i still dont understand how that could happen. I feel sorry for whoever was in command of the bridge at the time. I have a feeling the captain was asleep in his quarters when the collision occurred, so his career is probably safe.

Uh, no. He is ultimately responsible, no matter what!

A friend of mine's ship ran aground on a sand bar close to the pier in Newport , RI after a hurricane had deposited it there while the ship was at sea. No one could have possibly known it was there. His career was over the minute he ran aground. It doesn't matter what the circumstances are. The captain takes the heat.

Yep