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yuiyoshida

(41,861 posts) Fri Aug 18, 2017, 12:13 PM Aug 2017

USS Fritzgerald update

Last edited Fri Aug 18, 2017, 01:28 PM - Edit history (1)

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USS Fritzgerald update (Original Post) yuiyoshida Aug 2017 OP

Please correct your misspelling of the ship's name. (n/t) FreepFryer Aug 2017 #1

I'm curious to know why the report does not assign blame for the collision. Nitram Aug 2017 #2

FreepFryer

(7,077 posts)

1. Please correct your misspelling of the ship's name. (n/t)

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Fri Aug 18, 2017, 01:19 PM

Aug 2017

Nitram

(22,888 posts)

2. I'm curious to know why the report does not assign blame for the collision.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Fri Aug 18, 2017, 01:23 PM

Aug 2017

The rules of the road at sea are very clear, and this was an armed military vessel with state-of-the-art radar, sonar and other means of detecting danger. The Navy has regulations that should have made it clear who was to blame. Is this just an update and not the full report? Or is it a little feel-good propaganda to divert attention from a huge international incident?

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