US navy ship collides, 7 missing

[The Brain]

"I have neither the time nor the inclination to distinguish between the incompetent and the merely unlucky."

Curtis LeMay.

[Berkut]

"I have neither the time nor the inclination to distinguish between the incompetent and the merely unlucky."

Curtis LeMay.

We should put some statues up to that guy...

[Iormlund]

 USS John S. McCain has apparently collided with a merchant ship in the Malacca Strait. Initial reports talk about damage to the port side.

[mongers]

USS John S. McCain has apparently collided with a merchant ship in the Malacca Strait. Initial reports talk about damage to the port side.

Whose bending gps?

[grumbler]

USS John S. McCain has apparently collided with a merchant ship in the Malacca Strait. Initial reports talk about damage to the port side.

I fucking hated passing through the Straits of Malacca.  Had career-ending written all over it.  So many fucking ships!  You basically had to ignore ships more than 10,000 yards away because you couldn't attend to them and avoid the closer ones at the same time.  And the channel is long.  The A-team basically stands a ten-hour watch.

[grumbler]

USS John S. McCain has apparently collided with a merchant ship in the Malacca Strait. Initial reports talk about damage to the port side.

Whose bending gps?

Gerbil castling blueberrys?

[Ed Anger]

USS John S. McCain has apparently collided with a merchant ship in the Malacca Strait. Initial reports talk about damage to the port side.

I fucking hated passing through the Straits of Malacca.  Had career-ending written all over it.  So many fucking ships!  You basically had to ignore ships more than 10,000 yards away because you couldn't attend to them and avoid the closer ones at the same time.  And the channel is long.  The A-team basically stands a ten-hour watch.

Even Murdock?

[grumbler]

Even Murdock?

Especially Murdock!

[jimmy olsen]

Ten sailors missing according to nbc. Also, this gem

Responding to a shouted question from a reporter about the incident on Sunday, President Donald Trump said: "That's too bad."

[DGuller]

Ten sailors missing according to nbc. Also, this gem

Responding to a shouted question from a reporter about the incident on Sunday, President Donald Trump said: "That's too bad."

His hero wasn't too broken up about his naval vessels sinking, so he's probably just trying to imitate him.

[CountDeMoney]

Ten sailors missing according to nbc. Also, this gem

Responding to a shouted question from a reporter about the incident on Sunday, President Donald Trump said: "That's too bad."

"I like people who don't fall in the ocean."

[Monoriu]

I find this totally unbelievable.  These are ships run by highly trained professionals, with state-of-the-art equipment.  Yet time and again they can't seem to do basic navigation right.  What gives? 

[celedhring]

I find this totally unbelievable.  These are ships run by highly trained professionals, with state-of-the-art equipment.  Yet time and again they can't seem to do basic navigation right.  What gives? 

As grumbler said, the Malacca Straits are hell, iirc it's the single busiest shipping lane in the world. Accidents do happen and this one is easier to understand than the Fitzgerald's.

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/09/77/97/0977973f117a8f2b5e7c96528c69fa56--strait-of-malacca-airplane-window.jpg

EDIT: Looking it up, there were around 60 accidents in 2015. http://www.cambiasorisso.com/higher-traffic-in-malacca-strait-raises-concerns-about-accidents/

[Caliga]

"I like people who don't fall in the ocean."

[garbon]

"I like people who don't fall in the ocean."

Yeah so very believable.