Guided-Missile Destroyer collides with merchant ship

[Reboot]

Amen

[Reboot]

They say once is an accident. Twice is a coincidence. Three times is an enemy action. 

Four top-of-the-line warships out of service due to navigation/ship handling errors, all in the same command: 1/31, Antietam; 5/9 Lake Champlain; 6/17 Fitzgerald; 8/21 John S. McCain.

Edited August 22, 2017 by Reboot

[JDDavao II]

4 hours ago, Reboot said:

In fairness, these are some of the most crowded and difficult waterways in the world.

 

 

I was shocked to look out the window on my last flight to SIngapore and see how jammed the waters are with tankers and cargo ships. 

[Snowy79]

A piece of news I came across today which seams feasible.  http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/was-uss-john-s-mccain-hacked-before-collision/ar-AAqwEow

[Clermont]

• being an old sailor, I don't believe all 4 incident are human ere, 4 in twelve months, all high tec warships, all in the same area of the world. Can't explain why look outs didn't report other ships close proximity, maybe inexperienced look outs. As been explained, radars and other high tec equipment are in a darkened room with no visible contact out side their compartment. Maybe a new type of electronics warfare being tried, how many other near misses that we haven't heard about ? 

[Dave Hounddriver]

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/21/politics/uss-john-s-mccain-collision/index.html

(CNN)"Some remains" of 10 missing US sailors have been found after the collision between the US destroyer John S. McCain and an oil tanker near Singapore, Navy Adm. Scott Swift said Tuesday.

Navy and Marine Corps divers found the remains in the sealed compartments aboard the McCain, said Swift, commander of the Pacific Fleet.
The Royal Malaysian Navy has located one body at sea, and officials are working to determine whether it is one of the missing sailors, he said. Divers have located others.
US military divers continue to search the flooded areas of the McCain. Ships and planes are scouring the seas east of Singapore. Divers will also assess the extent of damage to the warship, which is docked at a Singapore naval facility, according to the Navy.
"Until we have exhausted any potential of recovering survivors or bodies, the search and rescue efforts will continue," Swift said.
The White House expressed its "great sadness" about the incident. "As the Navy