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Warship Runs Aground

I wonder if that skipper was planning on a job change. Hope so, because I would bet he is going to get one.:gossip:

Navy Chief
 
Gotta hate when things like that happen ...

That damned ground just shows up unannounced and unexpectedly like that.:help:
 
Oh Oh!!

Couldn't happen near some deserted island, it had to be right out from Pearl Harbor.:help:
It's gonna take a lot of 'attaboys' to cancel out that Oh F*ck. :kilroy:


Regards, Rob:ernae:
 
Lionheart said:
Oh man.... Thats grim!

And the Rear Admiral on board as well.... I wonder what happened?



Bill
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I hear the guy throwing out the depth line then reading the water mark got a text message from that little houchie he had been out with the night before. He didn't noticed the rising ground because he was reading the hottie's message.
 
"I'm not going to speculate on what happened,"

How about it ran aground? :caked:

I think this is call "You career is now dead in the water"

A term I heard in the Air Force for people, mostly about officers, who messed up big time.

David :kilroy:
 
Yep, that's one CO who'll be looking for a new job. Also wouldn't want to have been the OOD or the Navigator either. I'll bet there's a lot of finger pointing on the bridge crew about now.
 
Little Mishap

A term I used to hear after one of these little incidents in the Canadian Forces was "He'll be flying a mahogany bomber(desk) for the rest of his career", probably in Alert or someplace special like that.:kilroy:

Regards, Rob:ernae:
 
Maybe the Admiral was driving, and the skipper is taking the blame. ;) At least it was a sub doing an emergency blow test and then hit another private boat. :rolleyes: You know, like what happened a few years ago.


But you do know, those reefs are a sneeky lot. They'll confuse the heck out of sonar and then git ya when you least expect it. :costumes:
 
I wonder how long it will take for his address change to reflect his new posting as Bosun's Mate, Adak, AK.
 
Remember, in the Navy the C.O. of a ship is ultimately responsible for anything that happens with that ship. Even if he had nothing to do with it, he's probably going to be doing something else, and probably won't get another ship command.
 
I bet the band will be on shore when the ship returns ready to play for the " Change of Command " ceremony . I had an old Navy submariner who was on one of the last remaining diesels tell me this actually happened when his sub in route to Pearl hit an undersea mountain(Or whatever you call them) and when got to port in Pearl the band was playing and the new commander was ready to take over . LOL:d He said it was in the middle of the night and the captain was in his bunk but it was his responsibility .

Rich
 
They don't waste time when it comes to relieving a CO for the grounding of a ship. By now, they've notified the new CO of the change of command ceremony.
 
That close to shore would there have been a Pilot on Board?:kilroy:

regards Collin:ernae:

PS Moderators...any reason for this to appear on the bottom of my replies??

Last edited by grunau_baby; December 19th, 2005 at 14:02..
 
Nope, no pilot on board. He's on deck with his carrier waiting for takeoff. ;) :costumes:

Actually, I don't believe Pilots were used by the Navy for coming in to or leaving port. But I'm probably wrong as usual. :kilroy:
 
The Navy does use harbor pilots. They have their own harbor pilot program for areas where there is a a base like Pearl or Norfolk. In other areas where Navy ship traffic isn't that frequent, they use civilian harbor pilots.

Still, even with a harbor pilot on board the Captain is ultimately responsible for what happens on and to his ship.
 
Running aground is not good. Running aground within visual range of Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet is even worse. :frown: Commanding Officer is probably packing as we speak. Change of command will not involve a ceremony.
 
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