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Screw and all. ____________________ | |||
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The way this is going pretty soon the navy is going to have to start parking ships because no one meets their standards for command. | |||
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That's what my thought was that emergency breakaways should be fairly seamless & rehearsed. In this case did the OOD freakout, scream to the helm 'hard-left(or right) rudder' and proceed to rip-away all the lines without communicating to the oiler? Nevermind they're supposed to be the one's remaining in position since they have the steering loss... | |||
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The techs weren’t funded or authorized?? Couldn’t that have been fixed with a brief call to the boss? -------- After the game, the King and the pawn go into the same box. | |||
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You've clearly never worked with federal contracts/contractors.  Nothing happens quickly. And certainly nothing is changed quickly. Especially when it pertains to money. There's eleventeen layers of approval and red tape that have to be navigated, usually including at least one lengthy pissing match between multiple sub-entities over whose budget is going to foot the bill. | |||
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You’re right, I haven’t. I’m just shocked that a warship having problems isn’t given a higher priority in the grand scheme of things! -------- After the game, the King and the pawn go into the same box. | |||
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Well it is called the McCain | |||
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I have no information as to what happened aboard USS McCain and it has been a long time since I retired from active duty. My thought is that while there was a CASREP on the steering system the Captain was under reporting the casualty's impact on operational readiness. I know from personal experience that Captains of US Navy vessels are very hesitant to go on record that their commands are not operationally ready. In this situation it appears USS McCain was not capable of safe navigation. The Captain should have reported this to his chain of command and remained in port until the casualty was resolved. Since he did not, his competence to command was called into question and he was relieved of command. "The world is too dangerous to live in-not because of the people who do evil, but because of the people who sit and let it happen." (Albert Einstein) | |||
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Wouldn't their Destroyer Squadron be aware of the multiple CASREPS on the same issue raise a red-flag? Or, are you thinking despite the many CASREP's, the CO continued to report they were operational and ready-to-sail? | |||
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Just a guess on my part, but it appears the steering issue was intermittent. The CASREP report has to state the operational impact of the failure on the system experiencing the casualty. My guess is the ship did not declare the steering system inoperable because of the intermittent nature of the problem. The Captain also has to report the operational readiness of the ship, which incorporates the combined effect of all outstanding CASREPS. If the steering system had been declared inoperable it would have required the Captain to report the ship as being unable to get underway. "The world is too dangerous to live in-not because of the people who do evil, but because of the people who sit and let it happen." (Albert Einstein) | |||
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