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USS Fitzgerald collision in C7F
- Thread starter Ken_gone_flying
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That sounds right....
I'm just a Shooter, I honestly don't pat much attention unless my division is the one getting called out on the 1MC for being late...
Wow, all this Zebra, Yoke, and Xray talk brings back memories from 20+ years ago.
exNavyOffRec
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yes, that is my point, if it had been just zebra would have the flooding been reduced?, but would have the casualties been higher?
exNavyOffRec
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except for the engineering spaces, at least on a CVN, but that makes sense considering the equipment and all the seawater pipes.
707guy
"You can't make this shit up..."
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The basics...
Conditions of water tight doors/hatches inside a ship. In port they're pretty much all open to allow free passage up and down through decks as well as forward and aft. Their being open allows free passage by the crew to get in and out of spaces and up and down through decks.
In a general quarters/combat situation underway they all get closed to minimize spread of fire/flooding due to battle damage. Their being closed prevents the crew from moving around freely/quickly In the ship.
When a ship is away from the pier during peacetime the doors and hatches are set closed somewhat between the two. Usually above the waterline they're open but below the water line they're kept closed. This helps prevent fire/flooding in the events of shipboard accidents and collisions with ground and other vessels.
Obviously opening large heavy hatches going up and down decks places the members of a crew at risk of not being able to escape in the event of a fire/flooding so the vertical hatches have small, closeable cutouts in them that allow people to fit through.
They've got a letter code corresponding to the conditions of that hatches depending on what situation The ship is in... you may remember the big metal doors on the ship during your stays for CQ (on the O3 level moving forward to aft and going down the ladders to Big XO country and the wardroom downstairs).
NPR was saying the U-turn by the merchant was AFTER the collision as they returned to the scene of the collision and made the distress call for the Fitz, nearly an hour after the accident, as her comms were knocked out in the collision.
0130 impact, vice 0230 (right at turnover, iirc)
0130 impact, vice 0230 (right at turnover, iirc)
exNavyOffRec
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I find this interesting, not that they have assigned him to investigate, but that he is a SWO-N and was able to make flag without doing a Reactor Officer tour.
https://www.navytimes.com/articles/rear-admiral-to-investigate-fitzgerald-collision
https://www.navytimes.com/articles/rear-admiral-to-investigate-fitzgerald-collision
FormerRecruitingGuru
Making Recruiting Great Again
There's so many RO spots out there and it sounds like he did take a Nuke job ashore. But in the end he made it to major command and now as a flag.
He was my first CO on Gonzalez, pleased to see he is leading this investigation.
He also came in as a SWO-N when we still had nuke CGs, so yes, the opportunities did shrink from the time he came in.
FormerRecruitingGuru
Making Recruiting Great Again
Talked to others who served with him and it appears the investigation is in good hands.