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Well, this is a pretty horrific audio from the bridge of the U.S.S. Porter just before the Navy ship collided with a merchant ship.
I'm having trouble visualizing what happened, but from what I can tell, and it could be wrong, the CO of the Porter tried to have his Conn cut the power of a merchant ship, and from the photo and the description, it seems he was the "give-way" vessel.
On LinkedIn someone wrote the CO was a USMMA class of 1992 grad, but I haven't been able to read the article to confirm. I just know the hair on the back of my neck went up when i listened to it, and I haven't been on a ship in about five years, so that's saying something.
Hard left? Flank speed? Five short blasts? GENERAL QUARTERS! YIKES!!!
http://gcaptain.com/intense-bridge-conversation-porter/
I'm having trouble visualizing what happened, but from what I can tell, and it could be wrong, the CO of the Porter tried to have his Conn cut the power of a merchant ship, and from the photo and the description, it seems he was the "give-way" vessel.
On LinkedIn someone wrote the CO was a USMMA class of 1992 grad, but I haven't been able to read the article to confirm. I just know the hair on the back of my neck went up when i listened to it, and I haven't been on a ship in about five years, so that's saying something.
Hard left? Flank speed? Five short blasts? GENERAL QUARTERS! YIKES!!!
http://gcaptain.com/intense-bridge-conversation-porter/
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