Two Navy ships collide off East Coast.

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Two Navy ships collide off East Coast.

Postby BSink42 » Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:01 pm

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Re: Two Navy ships collide off East Coast.

Postby nachtjaeger » Sun Oct 14, 2012 7:23 pm

Ouch! Hopefully the damage to the ships isn't as bad as the damage to the CO's careers. . .
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Re: Two Navy ships collide off East Coast.

Postby jagfiles » Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:43 am

I was just reading about that collision today. The cruiser involved is a Ticonderoga class cruiser with Aegis suvlance system. Aegis is the radar/suvalance system on that class of ship (as well as the Arlie Burke class destroyer).
Check out the link...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_Combat_System

I remember in January 1950 the Battleship Missouri ran aground in Chesapeake Bay that pretty much ended the Captains Naval career as well as several other brigde officers.
Maybe the punishment should be walking the plank into some quicksand.
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