Navy Ship runs aground in Hawaii

[Bloor]

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news sources reporting a navy ship ran aground on a reef near Honolulu.

Any of you out there know what reef this was?

Best,
Robert

 

[h2odragon1]

Reef? What Reef?
Who put an Island there?
It looks like someone is in for an early retirement, after demotion.

 

[apertyx]

oops.... that's gonna cost somebody!

 

[rustyshakelford]

Dear Admiral-

This might not seem funny now, but what happened was....

...you just had to be there!

Respectfully

Capt. Whoops
USN Retired


brett

 

[DiveWestOahu]

we are trying to convince the navy to just scuttle the ship in 150fsw near where it went aground for a dive site,,,, anyone got navy "pull?"

 

[DA Aquamaster]

Hmmm...maybe the captain already had his retirement papers submitted with plans to open a shop and run wreck diving trips in the area.

 

[CaptFlyingDutchman]

Sounds like the ship is going to be high and dry for a while

Navy to return early tomorrow to dislodge ship | HonoluluAdvertiser.com | The Honolulu Advertiser

I got some photos of the ship from the seaside. When I am done grading papers I will post them.

 

[DMJulie]

A new dive site would be cool!

I just saw this on the news last night. It's nuts!

 

[Queen]

I'm wondering, with all the hi tech stuff they have...how does a Navy ship manage to run aground?

 

[luckydays]

I'm wondering, with all the hi tech stuff they have...how does a Navy ship manage to run aground?

When a Navy ship is brought into the harbor it is directed by Pilot/Tug Boats. The entire operation is run by the boat pilot. If they screw up, the ship does not and usually cannot correct it.

Last I remember, in Pearl Habor the Sea and Anchor (time to get in or out of port) is a couple of hours. So this is a couple of hours that your ship is in the hands of another.

When I was in Norfolk, our ship ran aground and our captain was temp relieved of duty but brought back because it was determined that the Pilot Captian was a little tipsy which caused him to give bad directions and we ended up with $50M in damages. Lost a main engine, main reduction gear, bent the propeller shaft and broke/bent the propeller as well as tore a seam in the hull. Really it was a bad day.