US cruiser nearly gets itself rammed by Russian destroyer. For anyone familiar with sailing the US vessel was clearly the give way vessel it was approaching the Russian vessel on the Russian''s Portside and the Russian vessel was on the starboard side of the USN cruiser. The Russian vessel was the stand on vessel.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48553568
The USN should have made a clear and early turn to pass behind the Russian, instead it tried to slip across in front. This is very reminiscent of previous collisions that Pacific fleet vessels have been involved with but then they have been hit by much bigger Merchant vessels that did not have the manoeuvrability of the Russian destroyer that was only just able to avoid the collision.
The officer of the watch should be disciplined as should the skipper. It is bad enough that the US paints its buoys differently from everyone else, but it now appears they have decided to have their own rules of the road.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48553568
The USN should have made a clear and early turn to pass behind the Russian, instead it tried to slip across in front. This is very reminiscent of previous collisions that Pacific fleet vessels have been involved with but then they have been hit by much bigger Merchant vessels that did not have the manoeuvrability of the Russian destroyer that was only just able to avoid the collision.
The officer of the watch should be disciplined as should the skipper. It is bad enough that the US paints its buoys differently from everyone else, but it now appears they have decided to have their own rules of the road.
via International Skeptics Forum http://bit.ly/2K2KrXN
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