US destroyer involved in collision coast of Japan

[Buckeyenut88]

All 7 sailors found dead inside flooded compartment. Sad.

[Aquinan]

All 7 sailors found dead inside flooded compartment. Sad.

Ah that's sad, poor bastards, drowning is up there with burning on top 5 worst ways to die.

Weren't there 10 missing? 3 still AWOL?

[Buckeyenut88]

Ah that's sad, poor bastards, drowning is up there with burning on top 5 worst ways to die.

Weren't there 10 missing? 3 still AWOL?

I believe it was only 7 missing but could be wrong.

[Allybeboba]

Ah that's sad, poor bastards, drowning is up there with burning on top 5 worst ways to die.

Weren't there 10 missing? 3 still AWOL?

Have to agree with you.
It was only seven from what I understand.

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The container ship was acting a bit erratically:

That is really strange. Not the headings I expected to see at all. I presume the 180 is the point of impact.

Notice all the other vessels in the area.

[Kellhound]

Ah that's sad, poor bastards, drowning is up there with burning on top 5 worst ways to die.

Weren't there 10 missing? 3 still AWOL?

There were 7 missing (now confirmed fatalities) and 3 airlifted off.

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Have to agree with you.
It was only seven from what I understand.

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That is really strange. Not the headings I expected to see at all. I presume the 180 is the point of impact.

Notice all the other vessels in the area.

It is one of the busiest navigation areas in the world.

[Deletedaccount1]

Awful way to die.

[ovm33]

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Someone had to... omg I'm going to hell...

[Chingylol]

Wow, very sad for the seven families who lost their loved ones.

How does something like this even happen with ships like these? Aren't they equipped with tech that autopilots/gives warnings if another object is getting too close? Especially another ship?

[Deleted]

It didn't want anybody sailing an 80-foot America's Cup boat into a 1,092-foot nuclear-powered obstruction.

There is absolutely ZERO difference in the outcome of a collision with it, regardless whether it's hamster-powered, diesel-powered, nuclear-powered or even fel-powered.

[Kellhound]

There is absolutely ZERO difference in the outcome of a collision with it, regardless whether it's hamster-powered, diesel-powered, nuclear-powered or even fel-powered.

Thats just the spin put on it by the news agency.
Sadly, it didnt cost the Captain his job...

[breadisfunny]

how fucking stupid do you have to be to get involved in an accident in giant boats? giant, slow moving boats.

is the boat piloted by the fucking "special" forces?

considering it takes awhile for a big ship to come to a stop, even smaller ships go aways before coming to a stop it's not surprising. unless you anchor it even fully stopped your going to drift. it's like you don't understand how water works. with a big ship you have to stop well in advance of the other ships.

[AeneasBK]

International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, Rule 15: "When two power-driven vessels are crossing so as to involve risk of collision, the vessel which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way and shall, if the circumstances of the case admit, avoid crossing ahead of the other vessel."

I@m stupid. That out of the way, won't both ships be on the same side of the other if they are travelling in opposite directions?

[breadisfunny]

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The container ship was acting a bit erratically:

i'm not sure what these two arrows are supposed to represent could you explain it for me?

[Kellhound]

I@m stupid. That out of the way, won't both ships be on the same side of the other if they are travelling in opposite directions?

"Crossing" in this context means at an angle to each other, not head on.

[AeneasBK]

Someone had to... omg I'm going to hell...

The comments tho...

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"Crossing" in this context means at an angle to each other, not head on.

yeah after waving my hands in front of my face in various different ways I made sense of it

Althuogh out of curiosity what is the protocol if ships are crossing head on? Bigger has right of way? Or does that just not happen?

[Kellhound]

i'm not sure what these two arrows are supposed to represent could you explain it for me?

Those are other ships at the location they were when the track history was generated (not were they were for the entire time).

[Deleted]

Those are other ships at the location they were when the track history was generated (not were they were for the entire time).

Red ones are North Korean or Chinese ships?

[Kellhound]

Red ones are North Korean or Chinese ships?

Color does not equate to actual ships' registry.

[Deleted]

Red ones are North Korean or Chinese ships?

Red = tankers
Green = general cargo
Oragnge = fishing boat
Dark Blue = passenger ships

etc

https://www.marinetraffic.com if you want to see.

[derpkitteh]

considering it takes awhile for a big ship to come to a stop, even smaller ships go aways before coming to a stop it's not surprising. unless you anchor it even fully stopped your going to drift. it's like you don't understand how water works. with a big ship you have to stop well in advance of the other ships.

obviously you aren't gonna stop them. i mean turn them. the freighter could have turned, the destroyer could have turned.