Hoping everyone makes it off the boats okay.

Horrible.

As if the whole ordeal isn't bad enough, the merchant vessel our Navy destroyer collided with is from the Philippines. I hope that maniac Duterte doesn't use this as an excuse for crazy behavior.

Link to tweet

that would be the place to do it.

But the injuries probably require evac.

If the lean is bad, they can counter flood trim tanks. These ships can take a lot of beating.

Remember the USS Cole:

Thanks for the reminder

At the same time our ships are amazing works of art, actually, and unless someone was hurt in the initial impact, there should be no further injuries.

I was pointing out that the design of war ships is that they expect to get holes punched into them and design compartments to be closed and sealed while being small enough to not sink the ship.

I hadnt had time to read it yet.

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of the cargo ship. The bulbous bow could cause unseen damage below the water line.

No more naming ships Fitzgerald. It's bad luck.

It does seem to be a fraught name.

Hard to tell without knowing the circumstances, but it's been hit on the starboard side and I think maritime rules that power vessels always give way to starboard.

which means it had the right of way - just heard that on ABC

is a seafarer's saying.

I did the Coastguard small vessel course, so it's very rusty now. I recall an ultimate overrider to rules at sea; take any action possible to avoid a collision.

to change direction - here both are huge.

No point in a fishing dinghy claiming right of way over a container ship.

....a Captain and bridge crew just saw their careers evaporate.

looks like casualties

You seem very informed

But yeah.... that's not gonna look good on the FITREP.

Link above

Didn't remember the name of the war ship for that disaster

DU never fails to jump to conclusions.

Professing a hope that one is not witnessing a potential start to a war is very different from jumping to the conclusion that we are facing one.

DJT is perfectly capable of wagging the dog.

I've been following this online but haven't seen anything like that anywhere else.

Everything I'd read earlier said there were injuries.

Too sad

U.S. Navy destroyer collides with container ship near Japan, suffers damage
By Anna Fifield and Thomas Gibbons-Neff June 16 at 7:31 PM

TOKYO — A U.S. Navy destroyer, the USS Fitzgerald, collided with a container ship off the coast of Japan early Saturday morning, causing significant damage and flooding.

Local broadcaster NHK reported that seven sailors were missing, while the U.S. Navy said one sailor was being medically evacuated.

The Fitzgerald was 56 nautical miles southwest of Yokosuka, the home of the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet, when it collided with a loaded container ship at about 2:30 a.m. local time, the Navy said.

NHK showed footage of the Philippine-flagged container ship named the ACX Crystal with minor damage to its bow. The vessel is roughly 700 feet long and was bound for Tokyo before colliding with the Fitzgerald, according to a maritime traffic tracking website.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-navy-destroyer-collides-with-container-ship-near-japan-suffers-damage/2017/06/16/111df46e-52e7-11e7-b74e-0d2785d3083d_story.html