WTF is going on with our Navy???

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What the fuck is going on with our Navy??? This is the 2nd ship to ship collision this year. With all our high tech plus 24/7 full time sentries how on earth are fucking up this badly?

Another 10 sailors are missing. Hoping they find them but chances are really slim..

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...-s-mccain-collides-merchant-vessel/584808001/

A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer collided with a merchant ship east of Singapore early Monday.USA TODAY

The U.S. Navy said 10 sailors were missing and five injured after the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain collided with an oil tanker in waters east of Singapore and the Strait of Malacca early Monday.

Initial reports indicated that the destroyer sustained damage to her port side aft. The Navy said search and rescue efforts were underway.

Adm. John Richardson, chief of naval operations, tweeted, "Our first priority is determining the safety of the ship and crew. As more information is learned, we will share it."

The collision was reported at 6:24 a.m. Japan Standard Time, while the ship was en route to a routine port visit in Singapore, the Navy said in a statement. After the collision, the ship was heading to port under its own power, the Navy said.

The other ship, the Alnic MC, is a 600-foot oil and chemical tanker with a gross tonnage of 30,000. The tanker is about three times the size of the McCain, the Navy Times reported.

The incident represents the second serious collision for a Navy vessel in two months. The USS Fitzgerald collided with a freighter off the coast of Japan on June 17, leaving seven sailors dead.

The Navy last week relieved the Fitzgerald's skipper and two top sailors of their command for losing "situational awareness" in the hours leading up to the collision. About a dozen sailors in all are facing some punishment, including all of the destroyer's watch, the Navy said.

The USS John S. McCain has played a small role in recent tensions with North Korea, carrying out a "freedom of navigation operation" on Aug. 10, when it sailed to within 12 nautical miles of Mischief Reef, an artificial island built up by China in the South China Sea, the Navy said earlier this month.

The operation came as President Trump seeks China's cooperation in dealing with North Korea's missile and nuclear programs.

The ship is named after John S. McCain Sr., and John S. McCain Jr., Navy admirals who were the grandfather and father, respectively, of Sen. John McCain.

Sen. McCain tweeted that he and his wife were "Keeping America's sailors aboard the USS John S. McCain in our prayers tonight — appreciate the work of search & rescue crews."

The ship's commander, Alfredo J. Sanchez, is a native of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Commissioned in 1994, the USS John S. McCain, like the Fitzgerald, is part of the Navy's 7th Fleet. Built at Bath Iron Works in Maine, it is part of the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed naval forces; its home port is Yokosuka, Japan.

President Trump, asked about the incident as he returned to the White House from a two-week working vacation on Sunday, said, "That's too bad."
 
They need less time spent on gender pronoun training and more on how to steer the damn ship.
 
alcohol? seems like alcohol
 
This is getting embarrassing.
 
Looking for trouble on the other side of the planet, far away from its own territory.

Deserved.
 
aside from the usual retarded social justice posts, i dont get how this is happening. I did 6 years in the Navy, and hitting another ship is almost inconceivable. there are literally people standing around whose job it is to watch out for shit. And this is totally disregarding radar and other equipment.
 
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nothing significant to add?
it was an honest question actually.

It was sarcasm, considering there are quite a few users here who still apparently hate masturbate thinking of Obama and how he's the devil.
 
These are high tech extremely maneuverable ships that are designed to recognize threats and eliminate them and they can't track and out maneuver an oil tanker?
 
Worst post of 2017.
You know what makes a bad post imo? Whining about another's post without a) humorous mockery or b) incisive criticism or c) factual analysis. Your's failed on all counts.

From what I've heard from my friends in the military is that they have all had some sort of diversity training or sensitivity training or what not, and they all think it is a pile of crap.

In the meantime, our navy is being asked to fill a huge role but isn't really equipped to do it anymore. Seems like they are either understaffed or undertrained or overworked or something. Because this is the second such accident this year. Not only is it costing lives, but it is a bad sign about our actual combat readiness.
 
Better hope President Trump doesn't order any naval quarantines anytime soon, it'll be like a game of bumper cars if recent history is any indication.
 
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