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I assume that it was 2:20 am since so many sailors were sleeping in their berths when it happened? Also in daytime even if collision warning systems failed, there would be plenty of eyeballs spotting the oncoming tanker you would think.
Not t-boned either.Does T-boned work better?
idk...............and quite frankly don't care..................google it.Has trump made a statement about the deaths of 7 US sailors?
Anything?
Has he called the families?
Cmon, you KNOW he KNOWS because, if he's not golfing or eating, he's watching and yelling at the TV.
So? Has he said anything?
I didn't say a word about the fire in London. If you can offer any sort of explanation how this happens accidentally and why the Destroyer couldn't avoid the tanker then by all means do.Is this gonna be another "terrorist" speculation thread like the one about the fire in London?
What country is the merchant ship flagged in....................curious
Not that I have heard. Yes I agree a statement from Trump is late in coming. The thread is about how this even happens and why the Destroyer could not evade the Tanker.Has trump made a statement about the deaths of 7 US sailors?
Anything?
Has he called the families?
Cmon, you KNOW he KNOWS because, if he's not golfing or eating, he's watching and yelling at the TV.
So? Has he said anything?
To me...........watch standers weren't doing their job. The RDO and OS's in Combat CIC should have seen the ship on radar well before it got close. Collision alarms on the radars should have went off.........unless they were over ridden.I didn't say a word about the fire in London. If you can offer any sort of explanation how this happens accidentally and why the Destroyer couldn't avoid the tanker then by all means do.Is this gonna be another "terrorist" speculation thread like the one about the fire in London?
Not that I have heard. Yes I agree a statement from Trump is late in coming. The thread is about how this even happens and why the Destroyer could not evade the Tanker.Has trump made a statement about the deaths of 7 US sailors?
Anything?
Has he called the families?
Cmon, you KNOW he KNOWS because, if he's not golfing or eating, he's watching and yelling at the TV.
So? Has he said anything?
To me...........watch standers weren't doing their job. The RDO and OS's in Combat CIC should have seen the ship on radar well before it got close. Collision alarms on the radars should have went off.........unless they were over ridden.I didn't say a word about the fire in London. If you can offer any sort of explanation how this happens accidentally and why the Destroyer couldn't avoid the tanker then by all means do.Is this gonna be another "terrorist" speculation thread like the one about the fire in London?
If good weather..........the lookout should have seen the Navigation lights..............It sounds like they were half asleep or not doing their job.........I don't see any other way.
This tanker has a speed upwards of 25 knots. According to its reported speed it was around 18 knots when it collided.A destroyer has a top speed of maybe 35 knots (or more), a tanker 12 knots though a tanker would usually travel at 8-10 knots. As soon as I heard of this I thought there was something not right. Even if a crew on a tanker were hell bent on ramming a US navy ship it should never get close. Worst case scenario is the tanker didn't respond to warnings from the destroyer, the destroyer could have just gunned the engines and moved.
Unless of course it was in 'the Japanese Bermuda Triangle'!
The radar guy must have been sleeping too.
