US Navy Ship Collides With Oil Tanker in Gulf

[Leongkilat]

I call BS. No old matelot could possibly be so ignorant.

Up to you, sirs.
I am happy doing my cross stitches....
I do not profess to be any expert.
If you are offended with my comments.
Well that's up to you...

[happyslapper]

Up to you, sirs.
I am happy doing my cross stitches....
I do not profess to be any expert.
If you are offended with my comments.
Well that's up to you...

I'm not offended, I just know you to be wrong, and suspect you're a liar.

[Leongkilat]

You are right sir, I am a liar ... I do not know how to cross stitch....

[LineDoggie]

I remember an advert like that. Cant find it though.


But i could find this one:



EDIT: Found it

This is the transcript of the ACTUAL radio
conversation of a U.S. naval ship with the Canadian
authorities off the coast of Newfoundland October
1995. Radio conversation released by the Chief of
Naval Operations10-10-95.

Canadians:
Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South
to avoid a collision.

Americans:
Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the
North.

Canadians:
Negative. You will have to divert your course 15
degrees to the South to avoid a collision.

Americans:
This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again,
divert YOUR course.

Canadians:
No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.

Americans:
THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LINCOLN. THE
SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES ATLANTIC
FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE
CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT
YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH, I SAY
AGAIN,THAT'S ONE FIVE DEGREES NORTH, OR COUNTER
MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF
THIS SHIP.

Canadians:
We are a lighthouse, your call.

You realize no such incident ever occured? Aircraft Carriers dont travel alone. Typical CBG is a Carrier , 2 Cruisers, 4 frigates and other attached ships.

Oh and in 95 the Abraham Lincoln was in the Arabian Gulf

[bd popeye]

In regards with the CVN Vs the lighthouse. Pure BS as pointed out by snopes and salts like me.

http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthouse.asp

That was funny when I first heard a different variation of the story about 40 years ago..At that time the ship in question was the USS Enterprise.

That story is so old and a total hoax. there have been several variations of the story. I once saw one variation that used the USS Montana battleship. ..no such ship... First off this story uses the USS Abraham Lincoln as an Atlantic Fleet carrier. Lincoln has always been assigned to the Pacific fleet except during it's builders trails off the Virginia capes from November 1989 to about July 1990..

http://www.gonavy.jp/CV-CVN72f.html

Some Hi-res Pix of the damaged ship..


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ARABIAN GULF (Aug. 12, 2012) Guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) was damaged in a collision with the Japanese owned bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan in the Strait of Hormuz. No personnel on either vessel were reported injured. Porter is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Sunderman/Released)

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ARABIAN GULF (Aug. 12, 2012) Guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) was damaged in a collision with the Japanese owned bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan in the Strait of Hormuz.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Sunderman/Released)

[Token White Guy]

Poor ole girl. Hopefully she'll be patched up quick.

[Hollis]

You are right sir, I am a liar ... I do not know how to cross stitch....

In regards with the CVN Vs the lighthouse. Pure BS as pointed out by snopes and salts like me.

http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthouse.asp

Leongkilat, when you said, "If you are offended with my comments.
Well that's up to you..."

Guess what, it is up to me. Enjoy the time off.

[USA_1911]

Hilarious commercial LOL. I hate seeing the USS Porter in that condition...hope it is fixed soon. I wonder what the actual transcript of the radio conversation between the USS Porter and the oil rig is like...if there was one.

[Anomander]

Interesting pictures there, would be interesting to see what damages the tanker suffered to determine at what angel they struck. Having a ship collide into your starboard side looks bad for you in most cases, considering COLREGS applies to military ships aswell
Good thing nobody was injured.

[Sloppy Joe2]

Soon to become required reading when deployed around the Strait of Hormuz.

Glad no one was injured.

[JCR]

Popeye, any idea what might have happened.
As other said, starboard doesn't look good

Anyway, the destroyer is the far more maneuvrable of the two and should have evaded even if they had right of way.
The tanker probably couldn't evade anyway by the time they spotted Porter.

[bd popeye]

Poor ole girl. Hopefully she'll be patched up quick.

There's a shipyard in Bahrain that the USN has used from time to time.

Popeye, any idea what might have happened.
As other said, starboard doesn't look good

No..but it appears the collision occurred in the early AM hours. Perhaps the ships were going in opposite directions when this happened. the USN was very quick to post photos of the accident.


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[Hollis]

There's a shipyard in Bahrain that the USN has used from time to time.



No..but it appears the collision occurred in the early AM hours. Perhaps the ships were going in opposite directions when this happened. the USN was very quick to post photos of the accident.


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It happens. I hope the skipper does well. I as in the Canal on Balboa side, when a 4500 T freighter was side swiped by a 50K+ ton ship. None of those ships, small or big maneuvers like a sport car.

[Dufus old hag]

No Persians are evil, didn't you see 300

LOL!!

[Hollis]

LOL!!

You are too easily entertained.