USS John McCain

[mjs9153]

BREAKING: US Navy destroyer USS John McCain collides with large merchant vessel; 10 missing; search and rescue underway | American Military News
Can we believe this?! Another collision with our Navy vessels and a commercial boat,last I have seen 10 sailors are missing and 5 injured..what the hell is going on out there? This is the second one in weeks,are they sleeping and not paying attention to alarms on the bridge?Have they done away with human lookouts?This is unacceptable,our sailors should not be killed due to negligence,which this certainly sounds like,again..

 

[Spideyman]

Thoughts go out to the missing and injured.

 

[mjs9153]

Heartbreaking Spidey! A lot of these sailors are not much more than high school kids and we can't do better to keep them safe? There needs to be some hard answers to what is going on out there..

 

[kingricefan]

I never did hear who was at fault in the first accident. The way it was explained initially in the news was that the Japanese freighter did a complete turn around after passing our destroyer and rammed into it. There definitely seems to be a problem in the waters out there. I don't get it either. It's a pity that our sailors are being killed or injured like this.

 

[Spideyman]

Mayhap too much reliance on technology and not enough of human eyes on the situation.

 

[Dana Jean]

Oh my gosh, this is terrible. Prayers to the families.

 

[Neesy]

BREAKING: US Navy destroyer USS John McCain collides with large merchant vessel; 10 missing; search and rescue underway | American Military News
Can we believe this?! Another collision with our Navy vessels and a commercial boat,last I have seen 10 sailors are missing and 5 injured..what the hell is going on out there? This is the second one in weeks,are they sleeping and not paying attention to alarms on the bridge?Have they done away with human lookouts?This is unacceptable,our sailors should not be killed due to negligence,which this certainly sounds like,again..

So sorry to hear of this - I clicked on the link and that is one huge merchant ship - prayers for those missing and injured

 

[GNTLGNT]

Top Navy admiral orders fleetwide investigation following latest collision at sea