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    Post by Mcqueen Sat 17 Jun 2017 - 7:13

    Has Vince joined the US Navy Transport  Bang  Transport BBC News

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    Post by 3rdforum Sat 17 Jun 2017 - 8:17

    How did they not spot that???
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    Post by Campbell Brodie Sat 17 Jun 2017 - 9:05

    Wee double AA battery was flat in the radar...
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    Post by Topdog Sat 17 Jun 2017 - 11:39

    Not Vince, too good for US navy is Vince, real sailor.
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    Post by Mcqueen Sat 17 Jun 2017 - 13:02

    I know you cant be looking out of the window all the time but i would have thought alarms would be ringing, that is now out of action for a very long time,  Sinking feeling 1498946960
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    Post by Campbell Brodie Sat 17 Jun 2017 - 15:32

    Looking at the damage on both ships it looks like the container ship steamed into the navy ship bow first...
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    Post by Mcqueen Sat 17 Jun 2017 - 18:28

    Italian Captain maybe Sinking feeling 1498946960 Major cock up for sure
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    Post by Campbell Brodie Sat 17 Jun 2017 - 19:29

    Seems the container ship made a u-turn at some point...

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    Post by Mcqueen Sat 17 Jun 2017 - 19:32

    Mmm Terrorist attack Sinking feeling 3275847336  Sinking feeling 3561243520
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    Post by searcher Sat 17 Jun 2017 - 19:41

    Tory captain ???
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    Post by Adam Mint Sat 17 Jun 2017 - 20:43

    Nah, cargo ship seemed lost, but why the navy ship got in its way ???
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    Post by Perfectspecimen Sat 17 Jun 2017 - 23:11

    Man over board would be only reason for U-turn. Makes no sense.......
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    Post by Adam Mint Sat 17 Jun 2017 - 23:27

    And there were seven on the deck of the US ship why,,, squished to death me thinks sitting at cumputer desks, plus bulbous nose of container ship must have done lot of damage to warship, but looking at photos more 45% degree angle of impact..l
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    Post by Campbell Brodie Sun 18 Jun 2017 - 8:08

    Adam Mint wrote:And there were seven on the deck of the US ship why,,, squished to death me thinks sitting at cumputer desks, plus bulbous nose of container ship must have done lot of damage to warship, but looking at photos more 45% degree angle of impact..l

    That's exactly what happened to them. They've been found in the crushed part of the ship and are being taken to Japan to be identified...BBC News
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    Post by Mcqueen Sun 18 Jun 2017 - 8:39

    Well i dont understand how they hit each other, same tools as a plane really, sat nav and radar, something really really wrong Sinking feeling 1498946960
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    Post by Adam Mint Sun 18 Jun 2017 - 13:39

    Or someone went for a cup of tea...
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    Post by Adam Mint Sun 18 Jun 2017 - 13:47

    Campbell Brodie wrote:
    Adam Mint wrote:And there were seven on the deck of the US ship why,,, squished to death me thinks sitting at cumputer desks, plus bulbous nose of container ship must have done lot of damage to warship, but looking at photos more 45% degree angle of impact..l

    That's exactly what happened to them. They've been found in the crushed part of the ship and are being taken to Japan to be identified...BBC News

    Bit from the BBC article, sounds like bulbous nose of container ship ripped in to hull as I suspected:-

    "The damage was significant," 7th Fleet commander Vice-Admiral Joseph P Aucoin said. "There was a big gash under the water." 
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    Post by Adam Mint Sun 18 Jun 2017 - 16:27

    The first clip, it only lasts a few seconds...

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy5sohODeTc

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