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Old 10-28-09, 08:08 PM   #1
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Default Japanese destroyer collides with container ship

Ha! I've beaten the subsim news section to it!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8330273.stm

The destroyer really got a shave.
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Old 10-28-09, 08:18 PM   #2
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This is not gonna look good on the ole performance report
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Old 10-28-09, 08:47 PM   #3
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Well I'm glad that didn't end up worse. I'm also glad that for once it wasn't a US warship running into another vessel.
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Old 10-29-09, 12:40 PM   #4
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To be fair, that destroyer probably isn't supposed to conduct ASuW.
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Old 11-05-09, 07:32 AM   #5
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Ha! I've beaten the subsim news section to it!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8330273.stm
Doesn 't count, I was on vacation (cruising the Caribbean).

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