7th Fleet’s sloppy seamanship manifested in Antietam’s January grounding
By: Geoff Ziezulewicz 1 day ago
Amid the fallout from the destroyer John S. McCain’s collision Monday, the four-star admiral who leads the Pacific Fleet lamented Tuesday that a series of at-sea disasters in 7th Fleet’s waters are taking place during ”the most basic of operations.”
Yet similar problems were apparent months ago, when the cruiser Antietam ran aground in Tokyo Bay in January, a costly mistake caused in part by sloppy anchoring, according to an internal Navy investigation.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2017/08/24/pacific-fleets-sloppy-seamanship-manifested-in-antietams-january-grounding/
