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The missing 7 have been found .. drowned in the compartments below.
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That is what needs to be looked very closely at. We are living in very unusual, sensitive, and trying times.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's a goddam shame.The missing 7 have been found .. drowned in the compartments below.
I'm hoping the investigation gets off the ground very soon and the media is on top of it from day one.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.
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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.
Too bad. Very tragic.The missing 7 have been found .. drowned in the compartments below.
Makes no senseHow 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.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
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.
The captain, the XO, and the officer of the watch -- it's always these 3 that get drummed out.The Captain is finished.
I'd like to hear what the officer of the watch was thinkingThe captain, the XO, and the officer of the watch -- it's always these 3 that get drummed out.The Captain is finished.
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.