US naval ship runs aground in Black Sea: Pentagon
Source: AFP
One of two US naval ships sent to the Black Sea as a security precaution for the Sochi Olympic games ran aground at a Turkish port, officials said Tuesday.
The frigate USS Taylor briefly ran ground last Wednesday as it was preparing to moor at Samsun, where it was due to refuel, Navy officials said.
"There were no reported injuries, and the incident is currently under investigation," the Navy said in a statement.
The ship was able to dock at the port and an initial inspection indicated the ship's propeller blades suffered some damage, but there was no damage to the hull, officials said.
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jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Last edited Tue Feb 18, 2014, 09:04 PM - Edit history (1)
Maybe it jumped out in front of the ship...
Bet that's what he tells the insurance adjuster.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Berlum
(7,044 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)groundloop
(11,519 posts)rocktivity
(44,576 posts)rocktivity
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)of a Naval career ending.
Lasher
(27,597 posts)AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Even if the charts were wrong. Even if the equipment malfunctioned. There is no salvation from that happenstance.
*Someone* has to pay...
paleotn
(17,920 posts)...one of the career ending, cardinal sins is running the boat aground. Woops!
Gore1FL
(21,132 posts)When he is done there, there is always Carnival cruises!
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)that the harbor is not as deep as advertised.
dballance
(5,756 posts)Read the comments they are so disgusting. Everyone of them seems to want to link back to this is all Obama's fault as if Obama were commanding the ship at the time it ran aground. Total idiots.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts).
pangaia
(24,324 posts)tinymontgomery
(2,584 posts)And they are clueless. I was involved in two collisions and one grounding. The collisions were under Reagan and the grounding under Bush 1. I blame both of them for the incidents. Reagan for ramping up the Navy and the grounding to Bush for starting to cut the Navy. This is pretty easy to shift the blame from the CO.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)Don't get riled up -that's what those assholes want. Just ignore them. They will eventually quit when they get bored and Mommy calls them up for dinner.
penultimate
(1,110 posts)Some of them are probably legit nuts, but I bet at least half are just tying to rile people up.
dballance
(5,756 posts)The comments were so stupid and extreme I just had to feel like they were trying to bait people and so I didn't respond at all. I just left the page and went about my business and now I think I'm much better off.
Alkene
(752 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)Apparently they need one ...and maybe a current chart. Ray Marine has a nice all in one with free life time chart updates, 5" display touch screen for under $1000.