[JohnR]

As for the bridge/watch/CIC team screwing up / making mistakes / bad luck / this going upgefucht quickly Remember the USS Porter a few years ago?

Originally Posted by Cool Beans

http://abcnews.go.com/US/navy-destro...ry?id=48131357

A screenshot provided by vessel-tracking service MarineTraffic shows the route of the container ship.... this does not look accidental to me....

There have been many speculations (including a really bad one in AmericanThinker) but we don't know the facts. The "likely" collision occurred when the merchant made its first sharp port turn - according to people smarter than me.

I would add this:

https://warontherocks.com/2017/06/ho...isions-at-sea/