Navy releases new details about ship collision off South Korea’s coastline
By Dan Lamothe November 30
A U.S. ship assigned to protect an American aircraft carrier off the Korean Peninsula collided with a commercial fishing boat after losing track of it on radar and attempting “improper and untimely maneuvers†in an attempt to avoid a wreck, the Navy said in report released Thursday.
The May 9 collision of the USS Lake Champlain, a guided-missile cruiser, was one of four major incidents for Navy ships in the Pacific this year, including two that left 17 sailors dead. The incidents have prompted broad scrutiny of the Navy’s seamanship, training, deployment schedules and oversight by senior officials.
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