Seven missing after USS Fitzgerald collides with merchant ship off Japan

[umbertino]

Rescuers search for crew as destroyer’s captain airlifted to hospital after incident 62 miles off the coast

 

 

Justin McCurry and Daniel Hurst in Tokyo

Saturday 17 June 2017 09.01 BST

 

 

This picture shows damage on the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald.

Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vid in link

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/16/us-navy-destroyer-collides-ship-japan

[Markinsa]

 

 

[Markinsa]

"While the cause of the accident has yet to be determined, Japan’s public broadcaster NHK said the ACX Crystal had made a sharp turn shortly before the collision."

 

 Captain's Quarters are normally close the the Bridge.  I don't know about this Destroyer, but on a Frigate, that would be the CO's Clock on the wall...  Anyone else see the clock??? Maybe its not a clock... 

 

[ranger173]

Can't see the clock umbertino. But being on navy ships a couple times captain quarters are not to far from bridge relative to the size of the ship. Don't see as well as long used to. But what a shame in this day and age something avoidable with tech, can happen to our boys.

[Markinsa]

1 hour ago, ranger173 said:

Can't see the clock umbertino. But being on navy ships a couple times captain quarters are not to far from bridge relative to the size of the ship. Don't see as well as long used to. But what a shame in this day and age something avoidable with tech, can happen to our boys.

 

I was on the USS Lockwood, which was homeported in Yokosuka, Japan as well.  A few years after I transferred to another ship, the CO of the Lockwood came up to the Bridge and ordered a course change with objections from the Bridge Crew and was hit by a freighter in just about the same spot.

 

The news reports, said they had to close off some of the affected spaces to stop the flooding, so hopefully none of the missing sailors were left in those compartments.

 

 

[nstoolman1]

Unfortunately, no matter who was at the helm or in charge of the Bridge at the time, the Captain is ultimately responsible. Bad day for the Navy. Hope they find the men. 

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Praying for their safe return

[Markinsa]

They're dead... Found them in the berthing compartment...

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sailors found, US Navy says

Published June 17, 2017

Fox News

June 17: The damage of the right side of the USS Fitzgerald is seen off Shimoda, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan.  (Iori Sagisawa/Kyodo News via AP)

The bodies of sailors who went missing in the collision between the USS Fitzgerald and a container ship have been found aboard the stricken destroyer, Fox News confirmed Saturday night.