Seven sailors missing after U.S. Navy destroyer collides with container ship in Japan

[Political Junky]

The missing 7 have been found .. drowned in the compartments below.

 

[MikeK]

There is an earlier thread about this. It's been reported that the Container ship did a complete 180 and came back and rammed the USS Fitzgerald.

That is what needs to be looked very closely at. We are living in very unusual, sensitive, and trying times.

 

[MikeK]

The missing 7 have been found .. drowned in the compartments below.

That's a goddam shame.

 

[MikeK]

I still dont understand how seven sailors ended up missing due to this "accident."

Looking at the damage I just dont see how thats possible.

I'm hoping the investigation gets off the ground very soon and the media is on top of it from day one.

 

[skye]

US Navy sailors found dead in flooded compartments after collision off Japan



US Navy sailors found dead in flooded compartments after collision off Japan

 

[Roudy]

barley a scratch

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I still dont understand how seven sailors ended up missing due to this "accident."
Looking at the damage I just dont see how thats possible.

 

[Roudy]

The missing 7 have been found .. drowned in the compartments below.

Too bad. Very tragic.

 

[rightwinger]

This is crazy. I served aboard the USS Fitzgerald as a civilian. Often berthed in Chiefs overflow or engineering. Prayers sent for the missing sailors

-Geaux
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MYSTERIOUS SHIP CRASH OFF JAPAN LEAVES 7 US SAILORS MISSING

YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) -- U.S. and Japanese vessels and aircraft searched Saturday for seven American sailors who were missing after their Navy destroyer collided before dawn with a container ship four times its size off the coast of Japan.

The USS Fitzgerald was back at its home port in Yokosuka Naval Base south of Tokyo by sunset Saturday, its crew lined up on deck. The Philippine-flagged container ship was berthed at Tokyo's Oi wharf, where officials began questioning crew members about the cause of the nighttime crash.

After helping stabilize the USS Fitzgerald, the destroyer USS Dewey joined other American and Japanese vessels and aircraft in the search for the missing sailors.

At least three other Navy sailors were injured in the crash.

Family members were frantically seeking news, appealing via social media for calls from sailors aboard from the ship.

The U.S. 7th Fleet said in a statement that the crash damaged two berthing spaces, a machinery room and the radio room. Most of the more than 200 sailors aboard would have been asleep in their berths at the time of the pre-dawn crash.

News from The Associated Press

How could a US military ship accidently collide with anything? Sounds like a few people on both sides are going to get axed for being asleep at the wheel.

Makes no sense

It was a freak'n container ship and the Destroyer had to pass right in front of it

There had to be all kinds of alarms going off

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

PoliticalChic

Actually I now understand how they were killed.
Not due to news reports so much as a brain fart on my part.
I'd forgotten about the bulbous bow under the waterline as seen here before the ship has been loaded and it's under the waterline.
It obviously hit first under the waterline so the real damage is unseen.

 

[Scamp]

Yes, that's the prow, and it punched a hole in the destroyer underwater.

 

[rightwinger]

Initial investigation blames Navy for USS Fitzgerald collision - CNNPolitics.com

Heads will roll






X

 

[Syriusly]

Initial investigation blames Navy for USS Fitzgerald collision - CNNPolitics.com

Heads will roll

Not particularly a surprise. Hard to see how it could be the fault of anyone other than the ones in the Fitzgerald responsible for not hitting anything.

 

[rightwinger]

Initial investigation blames Navy for USS Fitzgerald collision - CNNPolitics.com

Heads will roll

Not particularly a surprise. Hard to see how it could be the fault of anyone other than the ones in the Fitzgerald responsible for not hitting anything.

How fast can a freak'n container ship be going?

Even if the Captain was not on the bridge, it amazes me that trained Naval officers could not miss a container ship

 

[pwjohn]

Like trying to beat a train to the crossing is what our guys were trying to do. That's what I heard shortly after the collision.

If true, heads better roll.

 

[Scamp]

The Captain is finished.

 

[yiostheoy]

Pretty sure they found everyone dead by now.

 

[yiostheoy]

The Captain is finished.

The captain, the XO, and the officer of the watch -- it's always these 3 that get drummed out.

 

[rightwinger]

The Captain is finished.

The captain, the XO, and the officer of the watch -- it's always these 3 that get drummed out.

I'd like to hear what the officer of the watch was thinking
Captain was never called to the bridge but it happened on his watch

 

[Scamp]

Makes us look bad. And vulnerable to civilian shipping attacks. Our enemy already attacked one of our Navy ships with a small fishing boat. It was deadly. A ram with a huge container ship is bad news.
Our warships should stay away from areas like this with hundreds of other ships and boats.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Makes us look bad. And vulnerable to civilian shipping attacks. Our enemy already attacked one of our Navy ships with a small fishing boat. It was deadly. A ram with a huge container ship is bad news.
Our warships should stay away from areas like this with hundreds of other ships and boats.

Fishing boat????????

Are you talking about the USS Cole? That was NOT a fishing boat.

Stay away from those areas? You can't be serious! That's the dumbest thing I have seen today!