Posted on Aug 1, 2017
Navy Officially Blames Captain For Running His Missile Cruiser Aground
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Another one bites the dust CDR (Join to see) LCDR (Join to see) SN Greg Wright PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Navy Officially Blames Captain For Running His Missile Cruiser Aground
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Yeah it sounds like the command climate was bad help lead to the grounding. But, that is what officers get paid for to tell the Captain when he is wrong. I once did a series of lectures to our wardroom on how the Cain Mutant was about a crappy wardroom not a crazy Captain after our Captain got relieved for cause.
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PO1 Tony Holland "So You Want to be a Naval Officer" We Know the Rules, You Run the Ship Aground, The Skipper, The XO, The Navigator and the OOD will be Held Accountable. It is Our Rules! Thank You ET1!
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LTJG Edward Bangor Jr
I'm not sure how much blame should be placed on the Navigator on this one. If he had zero experience on a CG outside of a simulator and hadn't been qualified as OOD on what was a new platform for him, I think it should be noted that he ultimately wasn't qualified to stand that watch. In that case, the blame should roll to the SWO and CO for putting someone on a watch outside of their capabilities. If you're a brand new NAV school graduate and it's your first time on that class of ship, the assumption that "everything is great because you went to school" is a dangerous one to make.
I'm curious about something, though. A DDG will pick up about 1-2 kts of sternway at "all stop". Are cruisers similar in that respect? I distinctly remember that the CONN kept pulsing the engines when we anchored in a DDG during sea trials in order to not drift out of position.
I'm curious about something, though. A DDG will pick up about 1-2 kts of sternway at "all stop". Are cruisers similar in that respect? I distinctly remember that the CONN kept pulsing the engines when we anchored in a DDG during sea trials in order to not drift out of position.
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