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Thread ID: 144233 2017-08-21 06:11:00 It was dark............................ Zippity (58) PC World Chat
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1438404 2017-08-21 06:11:00 No sh1t Sherlock!!

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Zippity (58)
1438405 2017-08-21 06:28:00 Yeah you got to wonder how they are going to evade anti ship missiles and torpedos if they cant get out of the way of a cargo ship. prefect (6291)
1438406 2017-08-21 07:53:00 ? I missed something here. Was HMAS Melbourne up to her old tricks or what? WalOne (4202)
1438407 2017-08-21 09:12:00 ? I missed something here. Was HMAS Melbourne up to her old tricks or what ?

Got it ... the USS John McCain v oil tanker :groan:

Incompetence starts with the Commander in Chief ...
WalOne (4202)
1438408 2017-08-21 09:50:00 His last order before the collision was "Right hand down a bit" :)

Ken
kenj (9738)
1438409 2017-08-21 22:26:00 The problem is being solved. All foreign vessels (or any domestic vessels using the metric system) will be required to be fenced with a wall of inflated balloon-like fenders. These fenders to be inflated with hot air supplied by Trump - this will repel anything more than adequately. R2x1 (4628)
1438410 2017-08-21 23:56:00 Interesting to see where the blame is levied ... the warship was hit on her port side which means she must have been on the tanker's starboard side. Basically the tanker had to give way to the warship, and the principle of relative bearing would have shown the tanker it was on a collision course. So both legal give way rules and seamanship lay the blame with the tanker.

Unless there are some local rules of crowded sea lanes or displacement that apply.

And no justification for a heartless dismissal of "that's too bad" by the Commander-in-Chief.
WalOne (4202)
1438411 2017-08-22 00:28:00 The US Navy must have used those 'Cheap Made in China' parts in their navigation and warning system! :D bk T (215)
1438412 2017-08-22 00:36:00 Chief of Naval Operations Orders Global 'Operational Pause' (freebeacon.com)

It's time to return to the USA and to replace them with genuine 'Made in USA' parts. :D
bk T (215)
1438413 2017-08-22 22:06:00 they are now blaming the electronic steering .

perhaps it was the guys behind the steering wheel ? Do they no longer have anyone on lookout anymore , and perhaps steer well clear of tankers ?
1101 (13337)
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