Bush and his Military: Keystone Kops /Incompetent! US Sub Collides,again

[KoKo]

Rummy's Pentagon is incompetent. They've gutting the competents and the incompetent fools are running amok on the world.

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U.S. Sub Collides With Cargo Ship in Gulf

By JIM KRANE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A nuclear-powered U.S. Navy submarine collided with a Turkish cargo ship in the Persian Gulf early Monday, the U.S. Navy reported. Nobody was injured and both ships appeared to suffer only superficial damage, said the spokesman for the U.S. Navy 5th Fleet, Cmdr. Jeffrey Breslau.

It was the U.S. Navy's second collision with a civilian vessel in the Gulf in 14 months.

The USS Philadelphia was traveling on the surface of the Gulf when it hit the Turkish-flagged M/V Yaso Aysen at around 2 a.m. local time, said a statement from the 5th Fleet Headquarters in Bahrain.

The collision happened about 30 miles northeast of Bahrain, said Breslau.

The Philadelphia was conducting surface operations on its way to Bahrain for a scheduled port visit, the Navy said. Afterward, the submarine continued to Bahrain where inspectors will check it for damage.

The submarine's nuclear-powered propulsion plant was not damaged in the crash, the Navy said.

Breslau said the Turkish ship, a bulk carrier, suffered minor damage to its hull just above the water line.

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[Wickerman]

1. The Navy might want to check out some of that new-fangled Radar stuff

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. At least this time, there weren't a bunch a Texas oil execs

taking a tax payer financed joy ride resulting in several civilian deaths on the other ship. There's one that went down the memory hole.