CVN-75 in a fender bender near Suez Port Said

#2
don't know who was at the helm...
But we know who will be held accountable.
1739475677332.png

 
#6
We will have to see. Lots of deniable OOTW going on with merchant ships lately like the cable cuts by anchors and the Chicom trawler stuff. Would be easy for a merchant ship at rest to fire up the engines, cut the anchor chain, and charge a warship or large tanker.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Clearlight
#8
Oldloser said:
We will have to see. Lots of deniable OOTW going on with merchant ships lately like the cable cuts by anchors and the Chicom trawler stuff. Would be easy for a merchant ship at rest to fire up the engines, cut the anchor chain, and charge a warship or large tanker.
Click to expand...
Yeah......No.

Any vessel big enough to cause a hazard would need at least 40 minutes, if not more than an hour to start up from cold. And, no, there is no way to cut the anchor chain on a normal ship. You can slip the whole chain into the drink, but all 20,000 feet of chain running out the hawse pipe makes a lot of noise and dust. Not something that can be done stealthily.
 
#13
mi650 said:
HTF does anything, let alone a ship that big, get anywhere near a carrier? :unsure:

Aren't they pretty much surrounded by destroyers, frigates, subs...?
Click to expand...
i guess if you want to take out a carrier, all you need is a big ship full of explosives and they will let you get right next to the carrier.
 
  • Like
Reactions: babyguppy, Big Phish, 91Eunozs and 1 other person
#16
BLEE said:
How does this happen with 2025 electronics and satellites? I don't get it.
Click to expand...

Who needs electronics and satellites, look out the fucking window. An aircraft carrier is the size of a city block. You can't see that coming at you get off the water. Makes one wonder about the situational awareness of the rest of fleet escorting the carrier. How clueless are they?
 
  • Like
Reactions: Im2bent, babyguppy, Oldloser and 2 others
#18
Emerson0311 said:
My first thought is DEI. Then I remember how many young covid vacced people remind me of my grandmother with dementia…
Click to expand...
That crossed my mind, too, but there's an awful lot of boats in a carrier group. A couple hundred people would have to fuck this up to make it happen.
 
#23
JerkyFreak said:
Yeah......No.

Any vessel big enough to cause a hazard would need at least 40 minutes, if not more than an hour to start up from cold. And, no, there is no way to cut the anchor chain on a normal ship. You can slip the whole chain into the drink, but all 20,000 feet of chain running out the hawse pipe makes a lot of noise and dust. Not something that can be done stealthily.
Click to expand...

A lot of hypotheticals in that paragraph. But shit happens all the time even in the smallest harbor.

Bottom line is a CVN has little room to maneuver in a harbor or straight, has tremendous momentum, and her nukes cannot go from two knots to full reverse or full ahead in seconds, either. With prep and planning and favorable winds, my scenario is doable. I can think of a few bonus point add-ons too. But such imaginative operational details are far beyond small minds like yours.

I expect when the Taiwan war pops, the Chicoms will sink commercial ships in both Canals such that they are easily raised but cost us 2-4 weeks. Bonus points if they can bookend a few Navy ships.

My best and happiest guess is that the CVN captain had orders to get somewhere as fast as possible and took the risk to ensure mission completion. CVNS are big and tough and a few scratches here and there may be the cost of getting the mission done. Under our new leadership, shit like this is hopefully encouraged. If you get it done, then carry on.
 
#24
Oldloser said:
My best and happiest guess is that the CVN captain had orders to get somewhere as fast as possible and took the risk to ensure mission completion. CVNS are big and tough and a few scratches here and there may be the cost of getting the mission done. Under our new leadership, shit like this is hopefully encouraged. If you get it done, then carry on.
Click to expand...
Doing cowboy shit with a multi billion dollar system really isn’t a good thing.

Pretty mid take tbh.
 
  • Like
Reactions: JerkyFreak
#32
This is what happens when a giant bag of dicks don't follow USCG international navigation rules 😁 They broke Rule #7.....Horribly. This level of incompetence is remarkable.
 
#36
mosin46 said:
bet his pension is still present and intact
Click to expand...
20+ years, one 'fender bender'. I know, that when you take a ship that size, into congested waters, probably a good time to be seen. Lots of officers are probably saying, better you than then me.
I look at congress and how they act. As soon as our congress gets their pensions pulled from doing what they do, then maybe.
Maybe the captain was didn't have a choice to choose the people he worked with. Maybe the XO and others were officers that Biden forced on him. Maybe, he couldn't get any better people; because to write up DEI hires might have gotten his billet sank. Hell, maybe he was a DEI hire, can't tell these days. Hell, for all we know, they gave the capatain the people from the USS Fitzgerald. Navy probably told him, these people have experience. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :poop:
Who the hell knows.
Maybe, if Icarius just listened to his dad...
 
#37
babyguppy said:
20+ years, one 'fender bender'. I know, that when you take a ship that size, into congested waters, probably a good time to be seen. Lots of officers are probably saying, better you than then me.
I look at congress and how they act. As soon as our congress gets their pensions pulled from doing what they do, then maybe.
Maybe the captain was didn't have a choice to choose the people he worked with. Maybe the XO and others were officers that Biden forced on him. Maybe, he couldn't get any better people; because to write up DEI hires might have gotten his billet sank. Hell, maybe he was a DEI hire, can't tell these days.
Who the hell knows.
Maybe, if Icarius just listened to his dad...
Click to expand...
The captain enjoyed success in/using the system, until it turned on him. I am intimately acquainted with the ethos of officer class military bureaucracy. Live by the sword, die by the sword.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

PatMiles
You Can’t Make This Up: U.S. Navy Shoots Down Its Own F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighter Jet in Apparent ‘Friendly Fire’ Incident in Red Sea!
Replies
68
Views
2K
Hecouldgoalltheway
Hecouldgoalltheway
PatMiles
Another Cheater: Harvard Chief Diversity Officer Accused of Plagiarism
Replies
18
Views
902
BCP
BCP
Maggot
They've got the Oceangate
Replies
23
Views
1K
db2000
db2000
Edsel
GET YOUR NUCLEAR STIFFY RIGHT HERE!
Replies
28
Views
2K
Edsel
Edsel
N
Maggie’s Hypocrisy At It's Best
Replies
33
Views
1K
muzzleloader
M
Top Bottom
Back
Home
Forums
Merch
Alerts