The 7th Feet announced in a tweet today that the USS John S. McCain has collided with a merchant vessel in the Strait of Malaca, sustaining damage to its port side aft – suggesting the Navy destroyer was rammed.
Update: 10 missing, 5 injured – search & rescue underway.
#USSJohnSMcCain involved in collision with a merchant vessel while east of the Strait of Malacca. Updates to follow. https://t.co/6bHUovT8eI pic.twitter.com/EVcYjHwXah
— 7th Fleet (@US7thFleet) August 20, 2017
The Navy reports that the McCain is currently sailing under its own power and heading into port.
The merchant vessel involved in the collision is the Alnic MC, a tanker built in 2008 that flies under the Liberian flag:
The USS John S. McCain is named after Senator McCain’s father and grandfather – both admirals in the Navy. Earlier this month, the destroyer irked Chinese officials when it sailed by contested man-made islands in the South China sea – drawing ‘strong dissatisfaction.’
Fourth incident since February
4th mishap in the Pacific since February? USS Antietam, USS Lake Champlain, USS Fitzgerald, & now USS McCain.. What is going on?? pic.twitter.com/cZoS8E6PdR
— Nick Short ?? (@PoliticalShort) August 21, 2017
In February, guided missile cruiser USS Antietam ran aground, damaging its propellers and spilling oil off the coast of Japan.
In May, the San Diego based guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain collided with a South Korean fishing vessel on its way to go scare Kim Jong Un into giving up his nukes.
And in June, seven sailors were killed when cargo vessel ACX Crystal rammed the USS Fitzgerald off the coast of japan, resulting in the top three officers losing their commands for ‘losing situational awareness.’ One of its compartments flooded in about 90 seconds.
So it appears that the first two incidents were Navy fuckups, and the last two were merchant ships ramming into U.S. vessels. I wonder if it was on purpose? The ship which hit the Fitzgerald, the ACX Crystal, appeared to make a u-turn before the collision, so it will be interesting to see what route the Liberian Alnic MC took.
Hmm… We should probably give them like, um, $10 billion to figure it out.
Pfft, figuring out things is for tax payers. 500 billion easy.
That’s not a bad strategy. Slowly deplete the US fleet by creating “accidents” that appear to be innocent mistakes. A few more of these and the US will be righting China tossing Molotov Cocktails off the sides of lifeboats.
Liberia? The world is flat. Trannies have no mental problems. Libtards are not all women queers and manlets. America is the devil.
You know what they call a fortune cookie in “Liberia”? Breakfast lunch and dinner.
Straits of Malaca is perhaps the busiest body of water in the world – most of the stuff going to and coming from China passes through there. A tanker of that size needs a wide berth; they have very poor manoeuvrability. My initial suspicions would be towards those in charge of the McCain. Prayers for their safety.
Must be utterly demoralizing for our brave young service men and women to have to sit, listen and feign respect when Sen McCain visits.
Time for the US Navy to stop buying radar at The Dollar Store. Trump’s fault. We are running out of money..
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/21/exclusive-secret-service-out-of-money-to-pay-agents-because-of-trumps-frequent-travel-large-family.html
Gives a new meaning to cruising like a drunken sailor on high seas.