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Navy: U.S. destroyer collides with oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz
From Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent
updated 11:43 AM EDT, Sun August 12, 2012
(CNN) -- The U.S. Navy said its guided missile destroyer collided with a Japanese-owned oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz early Sunday morning..... more..
How in the hell can a destroyer not see a tanker in it's path!!!!
“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.”
Sounds like the tin can was broadsided by the tanker. Any war ship sets a watch when a contact is within a certain distance !! This skipper is in big trouble!!
Amazingly stupid. I have watched a US Destroyer being built in Maine. Went this summer for the first time in about 3 years and there it sat, still under construction. I suspect this damage will take years to repair and a whole lot of taxpayer money. Get this Captain a plastic kayak to command!
Kamikazi tanker.
