Posted on Jun 20, 2017
Japan Investigates Delay in Reporting US Navy Ship Collision
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I've been in those shoes too... Skippers do not like to send out the Oprep-3 Navy Blue messages. Despite VADM Rowden's insistence that phoning home is not "putting yourself on report" I suspect skippers are still too hesitant to pull the trigger. But yes, as PO3 Steven Sherrill stated, saving the ship was overwhelming, and Combat is down low on these ships, so they were probably in full DC mode.
Plus the CO suffered a head injury, and it may not have been immediately clear that he was out of it, for the XO or TAO to take command in that situation. They may have been trying to check on the skipper.
Plus the CO suffered a head injury, and it may not have been immediately clear that he was out of it, for the XO or TAO to take command in that situation. They may have been trying to check on the skipper.
MSgt Stephen Council
LCDR Rabbah Rona Matlow Well stated.
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
LCDR Rabbah Rona Matlow I suspect the confusion that arises from having the CO incapacitated had a lot to do with the delay on the upper command side. All the training prepares people to react to the situation, but it is impossible to train for the adrenaline rush, and the confusion of an real world event. This is not a time to be looking for scapegoats. We lost seven sailors who went to their rack expecting to get up for their next watch, or muster, not expecting that they were going to lose their lives to flooding. Now is the time to mourn that loss, and provide as much comfort as can be given to the families of those men. There will be plenty of time to assign blame later.
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PO3 Steven Sherrill - all true. However, having been a career SWO, it's very easy to see the failures... but yes, any deaths are a tragedy
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LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. the crew was a little pre-occupied with things like, oh say keeping the ship afloat?
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
If the ship was in dangers of sinking would an SOS not be number one on the list of actions to take?
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
1stSgt Nelson Kerr - It would be up there, but trying to save the ship and the sailors in the flooding compartments would be number one on the list.
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I think the article is saying the JCG is investigating why did the Philippine ship take so long to report the incident, not the Fitz.
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