Friday, April 21, 2023

U.S. Navy Has Popular San Diego Web Cameras Removed

At the Navy's request, the National Parks Service has removed a pair of web cameras that captured this near collision of warships in San Diego Bay in November 2022. (San Diego Web Cam via Twitter)  

Navy Times: Popular San Diego web cameras removed at Navy’s request 

A group that runs an array of San Diego-based web cameras that capture Navy ships coming and going is calling foul after the National Parks Service removed two cameras overlooking San Diego Bay this month at the Navy’s request. 

While Navy officials framed the recent cam removal as a matter of force protection, Barry Bahrami, a 52-year-old San Diego local who runs the volunteer San Diego Web Cam group, alleges that the cameras were removed from Cabrillo National Monument after they captured an embarrassing near-collision of two Navy ships in November. 

That close call between the guided-missile destroyer Momsen and the dock landing ship Harpers Ferry came to be known as the “warship chicken” incident after San Diego Web Cam footage of the encounter went viral. 

The parks service confirmed Friday that it had removed the two cameras at Cabrillo after the Naval Criminal Investigative Service requested they be removed “due to security concerns.” Bahrami said he was notified of the removal on April 11.  

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Update: Popular San Diego live webcams turned off at the request of the Navy (CBS)  

WNU Editor: This is not going to stop the person who runs the volunteer San Diego Web Cam group .... Popular San Diego webcam founder to set up new cameras overlooking bay (CBS).

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It will stop when he is in jail

Anonymous said...

The Navy are fighting a losing battle if they fight technology implementation.... there's nothing that can be done