USS Fitzgerald Collision**

[JimmyBob]

**Semi-24/7 because I'm too lazy to open the non-sports board:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/06/16/us-navy-warship-collides-with-cargo-ship-off-coast-japan.html

My "second class yeoman's" advice to the captain; get your retirement papers filed ASAP. Your ass is fried!

 

[trapped_in_tx]

**Semi-24/7 because I'm too lazy to open the non-sports board:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/06/16/us-navy-warship-collides-with-cargo-ship-off-coast-japan.html

My "second class yeoman's" advice to the captain; get your retirement papers filed ASAP. Your ass is fried!

Can any Navy folks here explain to me how it's even conceivable that a merchant vessel of any kind hailing from any corner of this planet could get within 100 yards of a US Navy warship unless the warship was responding to a distress call?

I'm having a hard time comprehending how this could happen short of gross negligence.

 

[MegaPoke]

Can any Navy folks here explain to me how it's even conceivable that a merchant vessel of any kind hailing from any corner of this planet could get within 100 yards of a US Navy warship unless the warship was responding to a distress call?

I'm having a hard time comprehending how this could happen short of gross negligence.

Same

 

[purkey]

yes, someone is going to see the court martial sequence happen quickly. That's as dumb as hitting the bridge over on I40 or whatever highway that was. Actually, it's a lot worse than that. Aircraft have alert systems on board that tell you when someone else is close. You'd think boats would be similar.

 

[imprimis]

Maybe they couldn't get repair parts for their radar with the sequester cuts.

 

[JimmyBob]

I did hear last night that the captain had only been in charge of the Fitz for about a month, but that still doesn't explain anything.