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Re:Why Did a U.S. Destroyer Fail to Dodge a Cargo Ship? by jessaustin on Saturday June 24, 2017 @02:38PM (#14626833)
Whereas, on the current footing, all it will take is a bunch of 12-knot cargo ships on autopilot to take them out. Either the captain and OOD should both be court-martialed out, or USA Navy needs to go back to the drawing board.
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Re:Why Did a U.S. Destroyer Fail to Dodge a Cargo Ship? by valuearb on Saturday June 24, 2017 @02:49PM (#14626878)
Yes, because once a decade one of our 400 naval ships has a survivable collision, we should turn AIS on full time.
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Re:Why Did a U.S. Destroyer Fail to Dodge a Cargo Ship? by jessaustin on Saturday June 24, 2017 @02:58PM (#14626923)
[EDIT:] I didn't suggest that, but Lieutenant Commander Michael Kiser, USN does suggest that AIS be used in shipping lanes:

https://blog.usni.org/posts/2017/06/21/three-changes-the-nav...

Also, there are 274 ships in USN.

Also, this cargo ship did not intend to collide with the navy ship. In wartime, we can't make that assumption.

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Re:Why Did a U.S. Destroyer Fail to Dodge a Cargo Ship? by kevinr on Saturday June 24, 2017 @03:45PM (#14627161)
A single submarine loss (the Thresher accident) was enough to prompt the US Navy to institute the SUBSAFE program, possibly the single most successful safety program in history.
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