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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: Crazy Horse on February 09, 2009, 06:04:41 PM
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,489590,00.html
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Navy Takes Off Fuel, Water, People to Lighten Missile Cruiser
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Feb. 6: The USS Port Royal, right, a Navy guided missile cruiser, sits grounded atop a reef about a half-mile south of the Honolulu airport.
HONOLULU — The Navy offloaded fuel, water and personnel from a grounded, $1 billion guided missile cruiser so tugboats and a salvage ship can try again early Sunday morning to free it from a rock and sand shoal.
The USS Port Royal ran aground on Thursday evening, about a half-mile south of the Honolulu airport where it was visible from several vantage points on Oahu.
No one was injured and no oil or other contaminants have leaked, said representatives of the Navy and Coast Guard, as well as state officials.
At a press conference, Rear Admiral Joseph Walsh, deputy commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, said the ship is structurally sound. But he added that a thick, underwater rubber encasement that surrounds sonar equipment at the bow has taken on seawater.
A barge received fuel and fresh water from the Port Royal on Saturday, which Walsh said should make the grounded vessel approximately 200 tons lighter. The 9,600-ton warship will also be an additional 15 tons lighter because half the crew of 360 is on shore.
Another reason for moving half the crew was that the ship's air conditioning was not functioning because the vent through which seawater is drawn to cool the system is blocked as the ship sits on the shoal, Walsh said.
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I know a Navy Captain that has some 'plainin to do.
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I know a Navy Captain that has some 'plainin to do.
You mean a "high-ranking" supply clerk has some splainin' to do.
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You mean a "high-ranking" supply clerk has some splainin' to do.
You mean the high ranking head cleaner in Adak has some splainin; to do
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lol
Betcha some heads will be rolling after this. :-)
Thought they taught you squids that reefs are "bad" and not to go near them?
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lol
Betcha some heads will be rolling after this. :-)
Thought they taught you squids that reefs are "bad" and not to go near them?
Never been to Bali have ya.........
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pretty standard . . .
Commander relieved: The commanding officer of the USS Port Royal, the $1 billion warship that ran aground along the coast of Honolulu, has been relieved of duty, the Navy said Monday. Rear Adm. Dixon R. Smith, commander of Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, relieved Capt. John Carroll of his duties pending the results of an investigation into Thursday's incident. The Navy on Monday freed the vessel, which was slightly damaged.
. . and the port royal had just gotten out of the yard after four months of maintenance, and ran aground after her first day of sea trials. :thatsright:
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Just what the Navy always wanted, a billion dollar guided missile cruiser with cellulite.
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I thought that name sounded familiar. the port royal was modified for ballistic missile defense, along with the USS lake erie, which became famous last year for shooting down that defective satellite.
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The Captain has definitely lost his job. As I remember, when the Enterprise ran aground in Chesapeake Bay, he was relieved about the time the brow went over. I imagine the Navigator is looking into his Civilan Career options.
Whoever had the deck may get off with a reprimand, but I'd say his efficiency report will not be good.
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I know a Navy Captain that has some 'plainin to do.
Do they use Pilots in the USN like they do for civilian ships? 'cause if they do, it is on that dude.
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The Captain has definitely lost his job. As I remember, when the Enterprise ran aground in Chesapeake Bay, he was relieved about the time the brow went over. I imagine the Navigator is looking into his Civilan Career options.
Whoever had the deck may get off with a reprimand, but I'd say his efficiency report will not be good.
Was that the one where they had all hands get on deck to counterbalance and free her? IIRC is is a classic picture...
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Do they use Pilots in the USN like they do for civilian ships? 'cause if they do, it is on that dude.
the CO has already been relieved "pending the results of an investigation" . . . which is shorthand for "you're dead, just not buried yet".
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the CO has already been relieved "pending the results of an investigation" . . . which is shorthand for "you're dead, just not buried yet".
It is always good to have people who know the code...
Any idea how this happened? It seems like a pretty avoidable error...
Seriously.
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Running aground IS avoidable. That is why the CO of a ship gets relieved, regardless of who was at the helm. The CO bears the ultimate responsibility for EVERYTHING that happens aboard HIS ship, good OR bad. The people at fault will also suffer some sort of disciplinary action, from the Officer of the Deck to the helmsman.