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Koondawg
02-07-09, 09:59 PM
Well how much you wanna pay?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29065902/?GT1=43001


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Neptunus Rex
02-07-09, 10:09 PM
Oops! I think that CO's "career dissipation light" is blinking in high gear!

And it had better be. He grounded on a visible and charted hazard. The CO of the USS San Fran hit an uncharted sea mount (official public cause) and was relieved.
Platapus
02-07-09, 10:14 PM
This is not gonna look good on the CO's performance report :down:
SandyCaesar
02-08-09, 12:26 AM
Ooh...ouch. That won't look on the papers.
bookworm_020
02-08-09, 02:40 AM
I'm sure the crew will be keeping a low profile in port. Doing that after coming out of refit will not please the dock workers!:06:
FIREWALL
02-08-09, 03:25 AM
The CO's Screwed. Oh jeez is he screwed.
August
02-08-09, 03:32 AM
Yeah this is a career-ender for sure.
Kapt Z
02-08-09, 10:35 AM
The CO's Screwed. Oh jeez is he screwed.

You just never know what kind of day you are going to have when you wake up, do you....:damn:
Torplexed
02-08-09, 12:22 PM
I don't think the CO's career is over. The Navy believes in second chances.

As a matter of fact they've already booted him up to a new command. The Scow Royale....

http://neptoon.homestead.com/OregonWreck.jpg
Platapus
02-08-09, 01:21 PM
Serious question here: Is the Captain's command career over?

I am not a Navy guy, but it is my understanding that the Navy has little sympathy when one of their ships stops floating and becomes stuck. It is also my understanding that the Navy pretty much has the attitude that the Captain is responsible when ever anything goes wrong.

Is my understanding correct?

Can there be any mitigating circumstances in this situation where the Captain could retain command (Either this ship or another ship)?

Or is this Captain gonna be commanding the smallest desk the Navy has?
XabbaRus
02-08-09, 01:58 PM
Not as bad as the RN ship that hit Tower Bridge cos her Captain was pissed.

I even knew the girls whose dad it was.
Sailor Steve
02-08-09, 04:37 PM
Serious question here: Is the Captain's command career over?

I am not a Navy guy, but it is my understanding that the Navy has little sympathy when one of their ships stops floating and becomes stuck. It is also my understanding that the Navy pretty much has the attitude that the Captain is responsible when ever anything goes wrong.

Is my understanding correct?

Can there be any mitigating circumstances in this situation where the Captain could retain command (Either this ship or another ship)?

Or is this Captain gonna be commanding the smallest desk the Navy has?
Probably over. The Captain is the absolute law aboard his ship. The downside of that is he is also answerable for everything that happens. Mitigating circumstances? When the USS Frank E. Evans was rammed and sunk by HMAS Melbourne, her skipper was asleep in his bunk. He was exonerated at his court-martial, but never commanded a ship again.

Of course the captain of Melbourne suffered a similar fate. It's the navy way.