Navy Times: A Navy cargo ship that ran aground in Bahrain last year experienced the mishap while a top officer briefly stepped away for dinner, a summary of a service investigation revealed.
The dry cargo ship Alan Shepard, a Military Sealift Command vessel, was on its way for repairs ahead of sea trials when it hit ground near the Middle Eastern island country’s Khalifa Bin Salman Port on July 15, 2023, according to the report, which a spokesperson from Naval Forces Central Command shared with Military Times Wednesday. more
Reliving the history of pursuit of the Barbary Pirates are we?
Somebody’s career is in the toilet, though probably not the guy on meal break unless there was a serious breach of procedure.
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I’d say both officers were or are going to get whacked.
Obviously officers need to have catered meals delivered to the bridge to avoid future accidents.
care to bet both officers were dei hires?
DEI crew?
… top officer briefly stepped away for dinner
I guess he didn’t twirl those chop sticks fast enough!
I’d say both officers were or are going to get whacked.
– Time lay the ole Pee Pee down on the window sill and slam it shut!
“With a crew composed of civilian mariners licensed by the U.S. Coast Guard…”
See? The Navy dindunuffin. It was them unnamed officers who done it.
I’ve never been in the Navy nor on the bridge of an ocean going ship, but isn’t this a collaborative effort with multiple people and automated equipment being tasked to keep situational awareness at all times?
Hell, just in my CAR, if I cross a white line I can expect two female voices to immediatly magnify my fecklessness, one from the dashboard and one from the passenger’s seat. Is it unreasonable to expect this and more to be the case on a multimillion dollar modern ship with a fully trained crew?
Will the last white person in the Navy please turn out the lights.
Reminds me of the story back in the 90s about the group of Arabs that travelled to Vegas and rented an RV. Because American technology was so advanced, the driver assumed that Cruise Control was just like Auto Pilot. So while traveling down the highway at 70MPH, he switched on Cruise Control and went back to play cards with the other guys…
The RV was last seen in a cloud of dust bounding across the sandy desert!
Let’s not lose sight of the bigger picture – although they did run the boat aground, most importantly they were vaccinated.
The SS Biden/Obama is aground.
Where’d he go eat, Popye’s?
I thot he wuz a fan of Chinese food that left him hungry an hour later, causing him to go back for seconds…
It was a junior officer who screwed up; not the ship’s master. This is likely a DEI based mishap.
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The ship was going in for repairs anyway, just add this to the list.
I’ve been to that port.
Dozens of grounded and rotting ships all around the bay. Very narrow channel to the piers surrounded by shallow water, some of which become dry land at low tide. Must show extreme caution when navigating those waters. Not a place to be complacent.