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Navy Destroyer Collision

Discussion in 'General' started by zippytech, Jun 19, 2017.

  1. CharlieY

    CharlieY Well-Known Member

    Yo bitchcakes, That's just an access opening to get to the shaft I think......that is the shaft you see running vert in that window....

    OH....I see it now, yea, a little handtruck....even the frikkin bolts involved here weigh a lot....That may even be a cart to haul the frikkin wrenches!

    Cool man...well keep us posted on the USS Fitzgerald. Proximity makes for good scuttlebutt. I wanna see the damage the bulbous bow did to the hull.

    NSWC....Weps?...if so awsome stuff.

    I'm over at Drydock now, BAE Mayport is a ghosttown......I'm in Quality, main admin building....stop by if you are on site.

    I was just walking the dock, and walked under the Keel.....the blocks were around 10' tall.

    Theres a story on yahoo about one of the guys who got shut-in.....he saved a bunch of folks beforehand....HERO material. :flag:
     
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  2. EngineNoO9

    EngineNoO9 Well-Known Member

    I'll be spending most of my summer between Norfolk and San Diego before getting a breather sometime in the early fall. We have another guy going down to Mayport in a couple weeks though to do a job pier side.
     
  3. CharlieY

    CharlieY Well-Known Member

    Post up any good info your co-worker gets while in Japan if you don't mind.

    I wanna see that thing high and dry.
     
  4. EngineNoO9

    EngineNoO9 Well-Known Member

    I'm sure he'll send me some info. He was onboard it almost exactly 1 year ago. None of the sailors lost were ones he worked with though.
     
  5. Chris

    Chris Keepin' it old school

    Friend of the family was on board and is not among one of the soldiers we lost. He hasn't been allowed to talk to his family yet. This is as of last night.
     
  6. EngineNoO9

    EngineNoO9 Well-Known Member

    Soldiers are Army
    Sailors are Navy
    Airmen is Air Force
    Marines are well Marines


    Learned a long time ago how particular each branch is. Mostly the Marines. Worst mistake you can make is calling a Marine a soldier.
     
  7. rd400racer

    rd400racer Well-Known Member


    No love for us Coasties?:D
     
  8. CharlieY

    CharlieY Well-Known Member

    Please send condolences for the loss of his shipmates if you have a chance.
     
  9. EngineNoO9

    EngineNoO9 Well-Known Member

    I love the Coasties. The Chief's mess threw all of the install teams onboard WMSL 754 a BBQ and refused money for anything!
     
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  10. Chris

    Chris Keepin' it old school

    Thank you for your correction.
     
  11. Sacko DougK

    Sacko DougK Well-Known Member

    Still way to early to speculate on the cause or chain of events that led to this. However, I wonder if an over-reliance upon automation is going to be a factor or not. That is becoming a larger issue in the aviation world, would imagine the same is possible in the surface world. Add to that the funding crunch which had erroded training, repairs, and man-power.
     
  12. Scott S.

    Scott S. Well-Known Member

    Mud Ducks
     
  13. EngineNoO9

    EngineNoO9 Well-Known Member

  14. EngineNoO9

    EngineNoO9 Well-Known Member

    Article I just read seems to indicate the Crystal was on autopilot only with no one on watch.
     
  15. CharlieY

    CharlieY Well-Known Member

    An early pic had me seeing her twisted or sagging, so the talk of keel damage seemed plausible.

    That last linked article is a good one, thanx
     
  16. Sacko DougK

    Sacko DougK Well-Known Member

    The USNI article is a good article. After reading that, two things come to mind.
    1. How does on hit knock out all comms? Is this a design flaw that needs to remedied?
    2. How many ships do the Somali's have sitting around waiting to be ransomed? This is now proven to be a viable tactic, near vital shipping lanes, and choke points. I think we better see how many Harpoons it takes to put a few of these down.
     
  17. Steeltoe

    Steeltoe What's my move?

    Looks like the Commander is in the crosshairs.
     
  18. EngineNoO9

    EngineNoO9 Well-Known Member

    Ship should be in dry dock now. Still potential that they'll move it elsewhere once they get a better look at things.
     
  19. EngineNoO9

    EngineNoO9 Well-Known Member

    It's a given that he'll be relieved of his command. Most likely several others will too. Part of it is a message to the rest of the fleet and part of it is just how it works since the buck stops with him. Regardless of his direct involvement.
     
  20. ryoung57

    ryoung57 Off his meds

    Where does a navy captain go once relieved of his command? Are they out of the navy or just without a ship any longer?
     

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