Navy Missile Cruiser Runs Aground Near Honolulu (really Stuck)

[underpants]

Source: Fox News



HONOLULU — Navy officials say an attempt to pull free a 9,600-ton warship that ran aground off the coast of Honolulu has been unsuccessful.

The U.S. Pacific Fleet says Navy tugboats and salvage ship USS Salvor tried to tow the USS Port Royal early Saturday but the guided missile cruiser remained stuck.

The Navy says it plans to try again after extracting fuel and water from the $1 billion vessel.

The 9,600-ton ship, while carrying guests that included a rear admiral, ran aground Thursday night on a sandy, rocky bottom. The cause of the grounding, as well the extent of the damage to the ship, remains under investigation.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,489590,00.html

[MaineDem]

1. Some Captain is about to have a very bad day.

Oops.

[underpants]

4. Yes. as post #3 also noted

I would think that that would be near the top of the "Don't do" list

[Still Sensible]

12. And to make it perfect, the rear admiral in charge of

the Pacific fleet was (and reportedly still is) on board. That captain's ass is no doubt already hurting.

[Robb]

19. Ouch. nt

[Thothmes]

32. Bet he is updating his resume,

His career has just been zeroed out.

[caseymoz]

27. Bad day? Ended career, and probably court-martial with a prison term.

He might as well shoot himself. People all the way down the chain, who were on duty on navigating the ship are probably going to be brought up on charges too.

[Thothmes]

33. Doubt prison

He will be relieved of command, probably reprimanded and allowed to retire at the earliest possible date he is eligible to retire.

[midnight]

2. Oops. Looks like somebody took a wrong turn.

[HereSince1628]

3. I'd say there are some naval careers permanently aground. n/t

[Jack Bone]

5. Is this a pattern? Feb '01..USS Greeneville...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Greeneville_(SSN-772)

a couple of weeks into the presidency and a naval incident in HI?

:tinfoilhat: :shrug: :popcorn:

[htuttle]

6. It my have cost a billion dollars, but maybe they should have spent an extra $109.00

http://www.amazon.com/GARMIN-010-00459-00-Portable-Fishfinder-90/dp/B000ES9J00&usg=AFQjCNE5yEOTRJTuI6FOwYkrHL06sXUimQ
They're even offering free shipping...

[underpants]

8. Now now now htuttle

you and I know damn well that they have something like that....but theirs cost about $2.3 million or so

[MineralMan]

9. Bwaahaha! I have one of those on my little 12' boat.

Oddly enough, I never seem to run aground. I do catch lots of fish, though.

[Sancho]

7. Somebody wasn't watching depth gauge! Oops...

Remember that a sub near Hawaii surfaced and sunk a tour boat a few years ago while giving a ride to some guests. Maybe they let the beginners drive when joyriding and showing off.

[Ghost Dog]

11. Often seems to happen with joyriders aboard,

yes.

[UpInArms]

17. the Ehimi Maru

http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/jared/sink.htm

From the start the question was: how could the sub commander not know there was a ship nearby? Especially since this was a nuclear submarine. How could the commander not check thoroughly before performing a dangerous emergency procedure, a "rapid ascent"?

For two weeks the Navy stonewalled. Information emerged in dribs and drabs. We learned there were civilians on board, but the Navy said: so what?

"Adm. FARGO: These embarkations for civilian people are very routine, and they would not affect the procedures that we use to surface the submarine in any way, shape or form." (CBS EVENING NEWS, February 11, 2001)

Routine? One of the civilians went on TV and with cheerful idiocy revealed that he had actually been at the controls when the sub hit – but:

"I mean, what's important to know here is you don't do anything on this vessel without someone either showing you how to do it, telling you how to do it, or escorting you around." (Washington Post, 2-15-2001)

The presence of a group of 16 oil executives and their wives on board was dismissed in the press as no big deal:

"The Navy routinely invites dignitaries aboard its vessels to bolster public support for its missions. In 1999 the Pacific Fleet's subs hosted 1,132 civilians on 45 trips."(Time, February 26, 2001)

There's that word "routine" again. The implications of routinely allowing 'dignitaries' (i.e., oil executives) to handle nuclear submarines during dangerous procedures for the sake of Public Relations were apparently lost on the mass media.

[KamaAina]

22. Ehime Maru was not a tour boat

its crew was from a Japanese vocational high school, whose voyage here was supposed to teach them the fishing trade that is the main industry in Ehime prefecture in western Japan. :cry:

[fedupinBushcountry]

10. The Captain

will have his pink slip shortly.

[HooptieWagon]

13. From now on, the only thing that captain will command is a desk.

His career is toast.

[corruptmewithpower]

14. Perhaps Exxon will hire the captain.

I don't think the navy is very forgiving of those who scrape the bottom paint off their ships.

[Arctic Dave]

15. The real money is going to spent when they have to repair the sonar

"bubble" on the front of this thing. Captain Crunch, calling Captain Crunch.

[fedupinBushcountry]

24. Exactly

that is what my husband just told me, millions of dollars, he was a Sonar tech and said that Captain is done.

[Thothmes]

34. Actually sonar repair may be the least of the problems

that need to be repaired. A hard grounding can bend the keel. If that happens it has the potential to through the main propulsion machiner out of alignment. That is a repair job that could run into really big bucks. If bad enough, decommissioning the ship may be a viable option.

[SpartanDem]

16. I would've liked to be a fly on the wall

when the captain has to explain to the admiral what happened I imagine there was some very colorful language used.

[Left Coast2020]

18. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED !

:spank:

[underpants]

20. Indeed

You did WHAT!?!?!

[Historic NY]

21. lets go back to the basics...sounding lines to check fathoms.

[driver8]

23. When I was in the Navy, my ship hit another ship anchored in the harbor. We

were pulling in from a six month med cruise (I was on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower).

Our Captain was gone the next day -- his career was ruined; he would never make admiral.

Why don't we hold our elected officials to the same standards as our ships' Commanding Officers?

[tencats]

25. Interesting to read comments from U.S. Naval Institute Blog

USS Port Royal (CG 73) Grounding Thread: http://blog.usni.org/?p=1150

[Earth_First]

26. This after returning to service after drydock maintenance and upgrades ($18M usd overbudget) nt

[Bigmack]

28. Lemme see..... left is port and right is.... Keerunch! nt

[DKRC]

29. Made the whales happy tho'

[OnyxCollie]

30. Is this where they're going to put the Gitmo detainees? nt

[JCMach1]

31. Last time that Captain let's an Admiral pilot the ship

[ohio2007]

35. The captains previous command was on a frigate which draft could have made that passage

brain fart

[ConcernedCanuk]

36. With all the high tech devices we have - how could this happen?

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A 200 dollar fish finder can show you the depth of the water

SOMEONE FUCKED UP

Big Time !!!

doh