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Not good, search and rescue efforts are under way.

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US destroyer collides with merchant ship near Singapore

(CNN)A US Navy guided-missile destroyer collided with a merchant ship east of Singapore early Monday, the Navy's 7th Fleet said in a statement.

The USS John S. McCain collided with the merchant vessel Alnic MC while the destroyer was making its way to a port visit in Singapore, the Navy said.

Search and rescue efforts are under way, the statement said.

Initial reports indicate the US ship sustained damage to its aft port side, the Navy said, but it did not give information on the status of the merchant vessel.

Merchant marine websites describe the Alnic MC as a 30,000 ton, 600-foot long oil tanker flying a Liberian flag.

The McCain is the second US destroyer to be involved in a collision in just over two months.

On June 17, the USS Fitzgerald collided with a container ship off the coast of Japan. That collision resulted in the deaths of seven US sailors.

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Just now, AKIQPilot said:

Time to drain the swamp some more.  This is complete bull shit.  

the pentagon just needs another 100 billion or so and maybe this type of thing wont happen .....as it sits they are woefully underfunded obviously 

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Just now, xtralettucetomatoe580 said:

Doubt it. Ships that size can't be missed unless your bridge is asleep... plus radar would pick that up. Don't need GPS

Doesn't make sense for the bridge to be asleep, it's not the like the crew on the Fitz and now the McCain were both out partying with Joe Hazelwood before sailing.

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Just now, f7ben said:

the pentagon just needs another 100 billion or so and maybe this type of thing wont happen .....as it sits they are woefully underfunded obviously 

Lol true. This unfortunately occurs because some $30k a year tard can't stay awake and watch the read outs or look out the windows... That starts at the fleet command. Lacking failsafes for human error. 

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Just now, Mileage Psycho said:

Doesn't make sense for the bridge to be asleep, it's not the like the crew on the Fitz and now the McCain were both out partying with Joe Hazelwood before sailing.

A 600' tanker is lit up like a city. The only other option is no one was on the bridge. 

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1 minute ago, xtralettucetomatoe580 said:

A 600' tanker is lit up like a city. The only other option is no one was on the bridge. 

On ship that size there are port, starboard, bow, and aft lookouts, then there are a couple of radar officers, it just doesn't make sense that everyone was fucking off at the same time.

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Just now, Mileage Psycho said:

On ship that size there are port, starboard, bow, and aft lookouts, then there are a couple of radar officers, it just doesn't make sense that everyone was fucking off at the same time.

Middle of the night there aren't. It's only a destroyer. I am making a lot of assumptions though.. 

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Just now, Mileage Psycho said:

On ship that size there are port, starboard, bow, and aft lookouts, then there are a couple of radar officers, it just doesn't make sense that everyone was fucking off at the same time.

Dude , the military is largely run by fucking idiots. I worked with a nuke electrician who told me stories about how they crashed their sub into an underwater mountain and had to blow the emergency ballast. They also surfaced into a fishing vessel or some shit.

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1 minute ago, f7ben said:

Dude , the military is largely run by fucking idiots. I worked with a nuke electrician who told me stories about how they crashed their sub into an underwater mountain and had to blow the emergency ballast. They also surfaced into a fishing vessel or some shit.

Lol that must have been fun. 

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5 minutes ago, Mileage Psycho said:

On ship that size there are port, starboard, bow, and aft lookouts, then there are a couple of radar officers, it just doesn't make sense that everyone was fucking off at the same time.

Yep,when pulling into port the bridge is full.  

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9 minutes ago, xtralettucetomatoe580 said:

Lol that must have been fun. 

He told me some wild stories ......and granted .....this dude was one of the dumbest people I've ever met......its fucking amazing that they take a few people with brains in their heads and a whole bunch without and then turn them loose in a nuke sub. I think the captain of the boat he was on wrote a book or some shit about all of it :lol: 

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2 hours ago, xtralettucetomatoe580 said:

Middle of the night there aren't. It's only a destroyer. I am making a lot of assumptions though.. 

The accident was reported at 5:24 am local time, 10 guys are missing thoughts and prayers for those guys.

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(CNN)Ten US Navy sailors are missing after a US Navy guided-missile destroyer collided with an oil tanker east of Singapore early Monday, the fourth incident/accident in Asia waters involving a US warship in 2017.

The Navy's 7th Fleet said the USS John S. McCain collided with the merchant vessel Alnic MC while the destroyer was making its way to a port visit in Singapore. The collision was reported at 5:24 am local time, as the ship was passing near to the Malacca Strait, one of the world's most congested shipping routes.

A Navy official told CNN the McCain was fighting flooding in several places after sustaining damage to its aft port (rear left) side and that it had limited propulsion and electrical power. However, the Navy said the McCain was currently steaming under its own power to port.

The McCain is equipped with the Aegis missile defense system, which has been touted as a possible counter to any North Korean missile launch. If it is out of action after Monday's collision, it would be at least the second of 10 Aegis warships based in Japan to be unavailable for deployment.

Carl Schuster, a former director of operations at the US Pacific Command's Joint Intelligence Center, said the oil tanker would have been at least three times bigger than the USS John McCain.

"Oil tankers are huge and it takes miles for them to change course. Malacca Strait is the most congested shipping area in the world. The most narrow point is only 2 nautical miles across," he said.

"When you're going into a congested channel, you're supposed to be very alert, track ships around you to a very meticulous degree."

Search and rescue

In addition to the 10 missing sailors, the Navy said five were injured in the collision.

Search and rescue efforts are under way, the Navy statement said, with helicopters and Marine Corps Osprey aircraft from the amphibious assault ship USS America responding. Singaporean ships and helicopters were also responding, the Navy added.

Malaysia's Navy said on Twitter two of its vessels and an aircraft had joined the search for the missing sailors.

A US Navy official told CNN the McCain had experienced a loss of steering before the collision, but that steering had been regained.

The US Navy statement did not give information on the status of the oil tanker.

Merchant marine websites describe the Alnic MC as a 30,000-ton, 600-foot-long oil tanker flying a Liberian flag.

The McCain is 505 feet long and displaces about 9,000 tons. Its homeport is Yokosuka, Japan.

Fourth incident this year

The McCain collision marks the fourth incident involving a US Navy warship in the Pacific this year.

On June 17, the USS Fitzgerald collided with a container ship off the coast of Japan. That collision resulted in the deaths of seven US sailors. It will be transported to the US for repairs.

On May 9, the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain was struck by a small fishing boat off the Korean Peninsula.

And in late January, the guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam ran aground while trying to anchor in Tokyo Bay.

All four of the US warships are equipped with the Aegis missile defense system.

In a report on the Fitzgerald collision released just last week, the Navy it would review its training and qualification procedures.

"The collision was avoidable and both ships demonstrated poor seamanship. Within Fitzgerald, flawed watch stander teamwork and inadequate leadership contributed to the collision," a 7th Fleet statement said.

The USS John S. McCain is named for the father and grandfather of US Sen. John McCain. Both of McCain's relatives were US Navy admirals. The senator was a captain in the US Navy.

Earlier this month, the McCain carried out a freedom-of-navigation operation in the South China Sea, sailing within six nautical miles of Mischief Reef, one of the artificial islands built by China in the Spratlys.

CNN's Yazhou Sun, Jim Sciutto and Ryan Browne contributed to this report

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/20/asia/us-navy-destroyer-collision-singapore/index.html

 

 

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