One Sub Diver, or anyone, how does this happen?

[Lenny]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/20/navy.vessels.collide/index.html

[Lenny]

Yes, I know that :D , here a couple years ago we SUNK a passenger/vehicle Ferry at 1am after hitting an Island. Seems the First mate and a woman had 14 minutes unaccounted for and hit an island off the Coast. I just thought the Military would know when a fly farted let alone where a Sub and a Ship are.

Here is the one that sank and here is the one we just got to replace it. 3 years ago Sunday to be exact. It was due to fornication as it turns out and two passengers died.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/03/22/bc_ferry060322.html

So, if you ever wonder about litigation in Canada and $$$ amounts for pain and suffering, this should give you a clue. :D Let's see, your on a Ferry, the Captain is asleep, the first mate is having sex, the 400' boat sinks in 1200' of water and after 3 years you get a settlement from the Government of $2500.00 dollars :rlol: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/02/11/bc-bc-ferries-queen-north-lawsuit-offer.html

Here is our new one for that run.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/vancouver/story.html?id=1362399

[chappy]

Con sonar Crazy Ivan.

[mattyboy]

someone's ass is in a briefcase

[Donziweasel]

Some crazy helicopter pilot got his license revoked in California last week for having sex while flying around and at the controls. He is damn lucky he didn't kill someone. Idiots......

http://www.kgun9.com/Global/story.asp?S=9999039

I like some lovin' as much as anyone. I now have new rules on when to have it-

1. No lovin' if I am driving a ferry.
2. No lovin' while flying a helicopter
3. No lovin' while driving a submarine
4. No lovin' while operating a circular saw

Hmmmm.......thats about it.

[mattyboy]

Kinda makes ya wonder how many of the stupid boating accidents you read about are due to casual sex...
And I am not referring to the results 9 months later :) :)


well there is alot of seamen in that accident ;) LOL:rlol:

[Ghost]

Great, next the Boinking Wallendas will cancel their act.

[DonziJon]

"De-Briefed" Bubbleheads Wll Not comment on such events...and rightly so. John

[Cuda]

Simple physics. Two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time. :eek:

[txtaz]

I worked for a Captain who ran a cruiser a ground and the Navy reprimanded him and then gave him a commission on the sister ship. This guy was a moron. He had very little concepts of the ships engineering section AND it was a nuclear powered ship where he was supposedly qualified EOOW. It really makes you wonder how their chain of command can allow such incompetence to maintain control and authority over expensive and potentially dangerous equipment.

Da Taz

[DonziJon]

I worked for a Captain who ran a cruiser a ground and the Navy reprimanded him and then gave him a commission on the sister ship. This guy was a moron. He had very little concepts of the ships engineering section AND it was a nuclear powered ship where he was supposedly qualified EOOW. It really makes you wonder how their chain of command can allow such incompetence to maintain control and authority over expensive and potentially dangerous equipment.
Da Taz

Was that Bainbridge or Long Beach?. When did the grounding occur? Just wondering. I had completely forgotten we had Surface Nukes other than Carriers. John

[txtaz]

CGN-38 USS Virginia ran a ground in the late 89-90. The Captain was quickly and quietly re-assigned but his reputation preceded him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Virginia_(CGN-38)

She has since been decommissioned.

Da Taz

[Ghost]

"Meet the USS Virginia. With her nuclear power plant, this floating gun platform can stay aground for months at a time without resupply..."

[txtaz]

Actually 2 150 MW Westinghouse power plants.

Da Taz

[mattyboy]

I would imagine the de brief will go something like this

gotts love it

leak, last time we had a leak like this noah built himself a boat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZahHekI0gE

[Lenny]

At least all of the fuel has "evaporated" :rolleyes:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/21/navy.vessels.collide/index.html

[onesubdrvr]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/20/navy.vessels.collide/index.html

Lenny,

There are literally thousands of things that could have caused this. Keep in mind, while technology onboard modern nuclear powered submarines is amazing, there is a certain artistic, and definitely technical ability required to operate said equipment.

It's not like Hunt For Red October where your sonar telly you what year / make / model / hull number of submarine you are tracking lol, it's quite a bit more involved.

Also, not to sound like an elitist, but the surface guys generally aren't the best at finding us submerged contacts lol.

Anyway, stuff like that happens more than is said - you could actually do a search for submarine crashes, or accidents or something, and find an article where one of our submarines hit a bridge while on the surface.

Hey, what can I say, there are idiots in ever facet of our lives lol.

Wayne <-- never caused an accident on a Nuclear powered submarine, but stopped a few ;)

[Donziweasel]

Oh Chinese Chicken one, which was the last boat you were stationed on? Just curious.

[onesubdrvr]

Oh Chinese Chicken one, which was the last boat you were stationed on? Just curious.
My 9 years in the Navy, I was stationed on (3) different fast-attack submarines. In order,

USS Richard B. Russell (ssn-687) - They saved the best for last (last of the 637 class boats)
USS Colombia (ssn-771) - Last to slide, first in pride (last of the nuc. submarines to be launched in a "slide in" manner)
USS Dallas (ssn-700) - Yes, the hull # and name of the boat in Hunt for Red October, but they actually used the USS Houston

Wayne

[DonziJon]

Back in the day, bubbleheads used to refer to Surface Ships as Targets. :biggrin:

1965 or so: I was stationed in the Periscope Repair Shop, SuBase NLon when the Nautilus came in with a Bent Scope. They had been fooling around directly below (shadowing) an aircraft carrier. Myself and other Duty Personnel had to pull the scope from the boat that night and drop in a replacement. The boat was gone the next morning. No repairing a Bent Scope. It was "surveyed"...Navy jargon for scrapped.

I never heard whether the incident made the news or not. Not likely. John

[zelatore]

It's not like Hunt For Red October where your sonar telly you what year / make / model / hull number of submarine you are tracking lol, it's quite a bit more involved.



LOL - I've had clients actually tell me their radars were bad because they thought the thing should paint a magic picture that looked just like their chartplotter. I try to make a point of telling them they need to practice with it in the daylight/good weather when they don't need it since it's more art than science to read the thing.

I'm sure it's even more fun with sonar.