CVN-75 in a fender bender near Suez Port Said

[Californio]

Another DEI?

USS Harry S. Truman Involved in Collision at Sea

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Besiktas-M at approximately 11:46 p.m. local time, Feb. 12, while operating in the

www.c6f.navy.mil

 

[babyguppy]

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

https://www.airlant.usff.navy.mil/Organization/Aircraft-Carriers/USS-Harry-S-Truman-CVN-75/Commanding-Officer/

 

[_Windrider_]

Or maybe the other ship should give way to the big giant floating airport.

Comments reserved until more details known.

 

[SharpsNitro]

Tough week for the Navy. Add this to the E/A-18 Growler they lost yesterday in San Diego and the week can’t end soon enough for them

 

[_Windrider_]

Tough week for the Navy. Add this to the E/A-18 Growler they lost yesterday in San Diego and the week can’t end soon enough for them

Yes but when you take into consideration our op tempo and sorties per day and ships at sea we are doing pretty fucking good.

 

[Oldloser]

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.

 

[XLR308]

Yes but when you take into consideration our op tempo and sorties per day and ships at sea we are doing pretty fucking good.

I will agree with that, and there are no PR photos of him performing a rifle demo with the optic mounted backwards.

 

[JerkyFreak]

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.

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.

 

[theLBC]

how'd they not see it?

 

[BLEE]

How does this happen with 2025 electronics and satellites? I don't get it.

 

[mi650]

HTF does anything, let alone a ship that big, get anywhere near a carrier?

Aren't they pretty much surrounded by destroyers, frigates, subs...?

 

[Terry Cross]

This was pretty funny in the X posting.

 

[theLBC]

HTF does anything, let alone a ship that big, get anywhere near a carrier?

Aren't they pretty much surrounded by destroyers, frigates, subs...?

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.

 

[Emerson0311]

HTF does anything, let alone a ship that big, get anywhere near a carrier?

Aren't they pretty much surrounded by destroyers, frigates, subs...?

My first thought is DEI. Then I remember how many young covid vacced people remind me of my grandmother with dementia…

 

[mosin46]

HTF does anything, let alone a ship that big, get anywhere near a carrier?

Aren't they pretty much surrounded by destroyers, frigates, subs...?

kinda makes it look vulnerable to hyper sonic missles

 

[Flyingbullseye]

How does this happen with 2025 electronics and satellites? I don't get it.

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?

 

[mosin46]

yea,somewhat in effective protection

 

[mi650]

My first thought is DEI. Then I remember how many young covid vacced people remind me of my grandmother with dementia…

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.

 

[mi650]

kinda makes it look vulnerable to hyper sonic missles

And paper airplanes carrying firecrackers.

 

[BurtG]

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.

Well

They all took the clot shot so not too bright.


And prolly female drivers involved in this.

 

[JerkyFreak]

Probably one stand-on ship refused to give way to the give-way ship as required by COLREGS.

In my experience the US warships all think they are stand-on vessels regardless of the actual facts. Reminds me of

It's only funny because it is so true...

 

[RPN]

Cool.

Takes the attention away from our Navy and their somewhat unfortunate parking event.

How's the most awesome Naval fighting force on the planet doing?

 

[Oldloser]

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.

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.

 

[Eostech]

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.

Doing cowboy shit with a multi billion dollar system really isn’t a good thing.

Pretty mid take tbh.

 

[Soulezoo]

Well

They all took the clot shot so not too bright.


And prolly female drivers involved in this.

Or older Asians

 

[babyguppy]

USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier collides with merchant ship

The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier collided with a merchant ship near Port Said off the coast of Egypt, the Navy said.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[SharpsNitro]

Interesting overview. Also, what’s with all the rust? Doesn’t the Navy take care of their ships anymore or do they have to use “environmentally friendly” paint now that doesn’t work?

 

[Oldloser]

Doing cowboy shit with a multi billion dollar system really isn’t a good thing.

Pretty mid take tbh.

Depends on the mission.

 

[kl3309]

Or older Asians

You ain't seen Horn of Africa mofos drive, have you?
And, a skinny'll plow right into you then, from their driver's seat, deny that they were driving.

 

[gunsnjeeps]

Not a lot of nautical types here. Hit a ship at anchor near the Suez Canal at 2345. Waiting to hear anymore info. CO, Navigator, and a couple JO's are gonna be looking for work.

 

[higginsworksforme]

Whoopsies

 

[ColinW]

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.

 

[NoDopes]

Relieved of command.

 

[Sandhog308]

Can’t believe they waited this long to shit can him.

 

[mosin46]

bet his pension is still present and intact

 

[babyguppy]

bet his pension is still present and intact

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.
Who the hell knows.
Maybe, if Icarius just listened to his dad...

 

[Emerson0311]

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...

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.