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Old 06-17-2017, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Sandtrap328 View Post
Maybe one of The Villages Navy veterans can answer.

How could a US Navy guided missile destroyer collide with a container ship at 2:30 a.m. while on the open sea?

I have visited the bridge of cruise ships and have seen their radar systems. I would imagine that a Navy ship would have radar equipment at least equal to a cruise ship. The container ship also would have radar, I would imagine.

Are some court martials going to come of this or total loss of command for the skipper of the Navy ship?
I thought the same thing. It's hard to believe that that a war ship can be hit by a container ship. It sounds ridiculous and absurd. Somebody must have screwed up. Why did the media report on this without demanding an explanation?