DDG gets entangled in tow line...

[Slater]

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/07/navy...owline_070717w/

 

Hmmm, another skipper relieved of command?

[Guest aevans]

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/07/navy...owline_070717w/

 

Hmmm, another skipper relieved of command?

 

Knowing the f*ckin' Nav, they'll probably try to pin it on some bluejacket, claiming he was trying to sabotage the ship to get out of going on deployment. Oh, and he'll be a gay communits too.

[BP]

That's a whole lotta covering up to hide the fact they were f@#$ing off waterskiing instead of working out there.

[Brasidas]

Oh man, wait till you see the paperwork invested in to ensure suitable risk management in training exercises after this.

Edited July 17, 2007 by Brasidas

[BP]

Oh man, wait till you see the paperwork invested in to ensure suitable risk management in training exercises after this.

 

 

Shhh. Don't say anything to your Navy buddies. I'm going to run to Ace Hardware and Radio Shack to get supplies for my monkeys paw/line throwing simulator, the Sea TWAT (Throwable Weighted Accessory Trainer).

 

I think I can sell a few dozen to SPAWAR at $875K apiece.

[Macarthur]

I can't imagine it would be overly difficult to just cut the line free. its just nylon.

 

I guess if they don't have any divers might not be possible, but otherwise, piece of cake.

[Luckyorwhat]

Image of the unhappy Captain found:

[Guest aevans]

I can't imagine it would be overly difficult to just cut the line free. its just nylon.

 

I guess if they don't have any divers might not be possible, but otherwise, piece of cake.

 

Article says they had divers inspect. They decided that they didn't want to try the job at sea. I really can't blame them -- surface combatants aren't exactly the best or most well-equipped diver support platforms.

[Brasidas]

Shhh. Don't say anything to your Navy buddies. I'm going to run to Ace Hardware and Radio Shack to get supplies for my monkeys paw/line throwing simulator, the Sea TWAT (Throwable Weighted Accessory Trainer).

 

I think I can sell a few dozen to SPAWAR at $875K apiece.

 

Don't get me started on SPAWAR. They buy so much from vendors that NAVAIR rejects I have to wonder if they know what V&V means.

 

Sounds like you'll make millions.

 

Even worse, is that you're gonna get a contract to provide logistics and technical support for ten years as an add on, aren't you?

Edited July 18, 2007 by Brasidas

[Kenneth P. Katz]

Wow, the USS Forrest Sherman still exists?

[R011]

Wow, the USS Forrest Sherman still exists?

DD-931, lead ship of the Forrest Sherman class, was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1990

 

DDG-98, an Arleigh Burke class destroyer, was commissioned in 2006.

[BP]

Don't get me started on SPAWAR. They buy so much from vendors that NAVAIR rejects I have to wonder if they know what V&V means.

 

Sounds like you'll make millions.

 

Even worse, is that you're gonna get a contract to provide logistics and technical support for ten years as an add on, aren't you?

 

Noow you know why I added them as a customer!

 

Everything we do has an ILS piece. I was born at night, just not last night.

[Paul in Qatar]

Didn't Arleigh Burke run an LGB aground as a young watch-stander? His career survived, but I doubt it would nowadays. Zero-defects and all that.

[Slater]

Chester Nimitz ran a destroyer aground on a mud bank and (I think) was court-martialed for it.

[Chris Werb]

DD-931, lead ship of the Forrest Sherman class, was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1990

 

DDG-98, an Arleigh Burke class destroyer, was commissioned in 2006.

 

But, surprisingly, the DD-931 does still exist and there is an organisation trying to preserve it:

 

http://www.ussforrestsherman.org/indexb.htm

[Paul in Qatar]

Chester Nimitz ran a destroyer aground on a mud bank and (I think) was court-martialed for it.

 

 

You are right, I was wrong. Thank you.