Navy - "don't worry, I'm sure he'll move over" ....

http://news.yahoo.com/us-navy-ship-collides-oil-tanker-gulf-081342532.html

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — One of the U.S. Navy's guided-missile destroyers suffered minor damage when it collided with an oil tanker early Sunday just outside the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

The collision left a gaping hole in the starboard side of USS Porter, but no one was injured on either vessel, the U.S. Navy said in a statement. The collision with the Panamanian-flagged bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan occurred at approximately 1 a.m. local time.

Will the captain be replaced? Ramming speed !

davidmcbeth said:

Will the captain be replaced?

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Replaced? He'll never receive another commission, let alone promotion. He'll be pounding dirt the rest of his time until they stop-loss him.

EDIT: That is, of course, assuming he isn't found guilty of dereliction.

Let me be the first to offer a few study aids a day late:
http://quizlet.com/5325184/naval-skills-unit-5-ch1-rules-of-the-road-flash-cards/

http://www.vac-u-boat.com/images/MiscPics/RulesOfTheRoad.PDF

http://www.working-the-sails.com/rules_of_the_road.html

Hazarding a ship is a court martial offense. A very serious one.
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ucmj2.htm

910. ART 110. IMPROPER HAZARDING OF VESSEL [h=5](a) Any person subject to this chapter who willfully and wrongfully hazards or suffers to be hazarded any vessel of the armed forces shall suffer death or such punishment as a court- martial may direct. [/h][h=5](b) Any person subject to this chapter who negligently hazards or suffers to be hazarded any vessel of the armed forces shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

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[/h]stay safe.

USNAVYSHIP: Approaching vessel, you are on a collision course. We have the right of way. Alter course 15 degrees to starboard.

Approaching vessel: (nada)

USNAVYSHIP: Approaching vessel, you are on a collision course. We have the right of way. Alter course 15 degrees to starboard now!

Approaching vessel: (nada)

USNAVYSHIP: Approaching vessel, we have the right of way. Alter course 15 degrees to starboard now or we will open fire!

Approaching vessel: Navy, this is X Lighthouse. Suggest you alter course 15 degrees to port. Fire on me and I'll have the Coast Guard pull a safety inspection on you that will make your head reel.

If it's not true it ought to be.

stay safe.

It's not true. http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthouse.asp

If you don't like Snopes, and a lot of people don't, then how about the Navy?

http://www.navy.mil/navydata/nav_legacy.asp?id=174

This is by far my favorite retelling of the story.

[video=youtube;j5onkl2EHV4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5onkl2EHV4[/video]