Opu
Senior Member
Spoke with a good friend who is a retired sub captain. He was berthed in Yokosuka and said there is an insane amount of traffic in that area. No idea how that might have affected the situation.
Here's another interesting discussion with expandable track. Seems a lot of discussion centers on the 0130 vs 0230 JST collision time. Presumably the Fitz coms were disabled and the freighter may have not have made a timely reporting of the collision, possibly due to third world type reasoning. Who knows.
Vessel of Interest | наблÑдаемое ÑÑдно: Mapping the ACX Crystal's collision with the USS Fitzgerald using publicly available info
The reason this is so upsetting for me is that I'd like to think our Navy ships can go toe to toe with any ship in the world. If they can't protect themselves against a freighter, they don't stand a chance against an armed ship with stealth technology and hostile intentions.
I don't like the idea that our Navy is so fragile.
Ski
Are you saying there are no leaks in the US Navy?
For all those that are worried about cover ups or not hanging anyone responsible on the Navy side, you haven't kept up with Navy accidents for decades.
If you dont think the penalties are severe enough...think long and hard unless you have ever been in a similar situation...responsible for lives...not just money. And the ultimate future of that officer.
Lots of chest beating when I challenge those chests.
Scott
I couldn't hope for anyone more fair to be a judge of me and also be one of my peers at the same time.
From one line in there when discussing "eyes" I was reminded of a comment last year that, until corrected, I will credit to Twisted Tree, "look out the damn window."Portage_Bay; said:From gCaptain's Capt John Konrad
The USS Fitzgerald Is At Fault. This Is Why.