but no one was hurt ..
By Molten Metal •
Tanker collides with US navy ship
An oil tanker collided with a US navy ship near the Strait of Hormuz yesterday, but no one was hurt, the Bahrain-based US Fifth Fleet said.
“The collision between USS Porter (DDG 78) and the Panamanian-flagged bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan occurred at approximately 1am local time,” a statement on the Fifth Fleet’s website said. It said the Porter was a guided-missile destroyer and the oil tanker was Japanese-owned. The navy vessel remained able to operate under its own power after the collision, which was not combat-related, the statement added.
Source : Gulf Times, today.
I wonder what the US captain radioed to the tanker after turning into its path and having it crash into its side? "Oooops sorry mate, didn't see you there"?
If they cant see a big ship in advance...now a days amercans are more acurate but, not better than a ship size... funny chaps
Well this time the americans may not have been required to give a lot of excuses as Japan is a client state of the USA and the Americans have a huge military base in Okinawa against the wishes of the local japanese population and their goverment seems to be blindly supporting Uncle Sam
Fresh from the sea ... right..
There will be an ex American Navy Captain working in a McDonald's near you very soon.
Gulf times need to appoint someone like fubar ;)
these days people are yawning everywhere.
the darkness to blame ?
Thanks Gulf Times for reporting the story with such focus and detail!
I pray one day a newspaper will open in Doha that isn't so afraid to print the news, rather than just press releases stripped of anything that might cause someone somewhere some offence or embarrassment.
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