USS Antietam (CG-54) underway on March 6, 2016. US Navy Photo
USNI News: Cruiser USS Antietam Runs Aground in Tokyo Bay, Spills Oil
The Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Antietam (CG-54) ran aground on Tuesday in Tokyo Bay resulting in an oil spill, two Navy officials confirmed USNI News.
The ship – part of the Navy’s forward deployed forces – was in the process of anchoring in the bay when it ran aground and damaged its props. Antietam was unable to maneuver on its own and was brought back to into port with tugs.
“There were no injuries to U.S. or Japanese personnel. The incident did result in the discharge of hydraulic oil into the water,” read a statement from U.S. Pacific Fleet provided to USNI News.
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WNU Editor: Someone's career in the US Navy has just ended.
More News On A U.S. Navy Cruiser Runsning Aground Near Japan
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Navy cruiser runs aground, gushes oil into Tokyo Bay -- San Diego Union Tribune
A U.S. Navy Guided Missile Cruiser Just Ran Aground Off the Coast of Japan -- Popular Mechanics
US Navy cruiser damages propellers, spills oil into Tokyo Bay -- RT
3 comments:
I do hope their careers have not "ended." While there will likely need to be and will be a reprimand, all facts should be known before someone's career is "ended."
Actually these things are hardly surprising. The Us military across all services is spread to thin, these men and women are literally breaking under unreasonable demands being placed on them, training and morale are suffering as a result of this, and the problem will only get worse unless dealt with and fixed. Specifically a way needs to be found preferably working constructively with US "allies" like Japan to scale back US military commitments to a reasonable manner that respects US national security needs.
So, if anyone's career should "end", it should be a politician or other beuracrat who placed unreasonable demands on these men and women. The tendency of the military person is to "soldier on" and not squawk the way a civilian would at unreasonable demands. As such, they will try to carry out the mission no matter the situation and will not raise a stink even though the current "missions" are simply beyond the ability of the United States to carry out right now.
The US made some unreasonable commitments in the past. Others were either foolish enough or naïve enough to act on unreasonable promises made by the US that frankly they should have known at the time were unreasonable. The US should have known the commitments were unreasonable. Now all need to work constructively to resolve these issues.
General Mattis is supposedly going to South Korea. Hopefully they are working on the timetable to get US forces out South Korea once and for all.
Note to China. Begin dumping fill into Japanese ports.
Grounding a ship has been a career ender in the USN since the 1870's.
The only acceptable reasons for grounding a ship in the USN is to prevent it from sinking due to battle damage,
acts of god like cyclones, tornados, hurricanes, tsunami's and earthquakes,
and massive unpreventable mechanical failure ( after a full investigation), with no time for actions to prevent grounding.
Official policies and procedures have existed for hundreds of years, that if followed, will prevent accidental groundings.
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