Our “probable adversary” and “incredible partner” had everything broken. And we have not an ounce of sympathy.
Where does the callousness in our hearts come from? All this only proves that the "strongest fleet" retains superiority at sea only until the next shipwreck happened.
Unlike the state of emergency on the domestic Navy, each of which has at least some logical explanation (lack of preparation of l / s, a consequence of corruption schemes, a technical factor), incidents on American ships are more and more an example of absolute cretinism. Half of the cases are navigational accidents: having dozed off comfortably on the bridge, the Yankees crash into everything. And they do not worry about the consequences at all, continuing to run aground and ram supertankers.
The infotainment material about the hardships of US NAVY combat service is reminiscent of an ancient covenant: the most enjoyable thing is to learn from the mistakes of others.
Fresh news: a fire at the stern of the Sullivans missile destroyer following an unsuccessful anti-aircraft missile launch (July 18, 2015). The outdated SAM "Standard-2" exploded almost immediately after leaving the launch silo, revealing itself in the sky with bright fireworks. Quite a rare but colorful event.
The frigate "Taylor" came to the Black Sea to ensure the safety of the Sochi Olympics, but could not stay on course and ran aground near the Turkish Samsun (February 12, 2014). There is no picture of this shameful episode.
Fire aboard the Sixth Fleet flagship Mount Whitney during repairs and upgrades in Croatia (July 31, 2015). Photo: "Mount Whitney" at the Victor Lenak shipyard.
The Guardian minesweeper is stuck on reefs in Tubbataha Nature Park in the Philippines (January 17, 2013). By March, the ship was finally destroyed by the waves, the remains of the Guardian were cut into three pieces and removed from the reef. The Philippine authorities sounded the alarm: "Guardian" was inside the protected area, destroying 4,000 square meters. m of the reef and fill it with solarium leaking from the tanks.
The investigation showed that nautical charts compiled by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency were inaccuracies up to 8 nautical miles. Which was the direct cause of the incident.
Missile cruiser Port Royal ran aground near Hawaii (January 2009) Incredible but true. In the age of satellite navigation and radars, moving along well-studied routes and explored up and down the fairways, the Yankees manage to run their ships aground every year. For comparison, it is difficult to remember when the last of such accidents took place in the Russian fleet.
Collision of the submarine "San Francisco" with an underwater rock (January 2005). The underwater rock was nominated for the medal “For Courage”.
The collision occurred at full speed, at a depth of 160 meters, 380 miles southeast of about. Guam. The impact caused deformation and the appearance of residual stresses in the submarine's hull, which raised the question of its exclusion from the lists of the fleet. However, shortly before the incident, the San Francisco nuclear submarine underwent a major overhaul with recharging of the reactor, which predetermined the decision to restore it and return to service.
The Aegis system distinguishes targets in low-earth orbit, but was unable to detect interference to the right of the course. As a result, the destroyer Porter was mercilessly rammed by a Japanese tanker (August 2012).
How the watchmen could not see the supertanker a third of a kilometer long is unknown. It only remains to remember the old joke:
- What do we have on the right on the course?
- (Looking through binoculars) Six-oar yal!
- What's on the left on the course?
- Six-oar yal!
- What's right on the course?
- Six-oar yal!
- Boatswain, remove the cockroach from the binoculars !!!
A fire aboard the Miami nuclear submarine during scheduled repairs at a shipyard in Portsmouth (May 2012). The cause of the fire was a “sabotage” by a 24-year-old shipyard employee. Late for a date, he set fire to a rag in one of the compartments. The result was the decommissioning of a 110-meter supership, capable of descending into the ocean depths and not surfacing to fire cruise missiles.
The air defense of the Chancellorsville cruiser failed to cope with the anti-ship missile simulator. The BQM-74 "Keklik" drone flew through the echeloned air defense system and crashed into the superstructure, flooding the premises with burning kerosene. Despite the absence of a warhead, the impact of a light drone inflicted $ 15 million in damage. By the way, this is a question of the absence of any constructive protection on modern ships.
Continuation of the story about the adventures of the destroyer "Ingersoll" (in the title photo to the article). In 1992, while passing the Strait of Malacca, the destroyer entered into competition with the Japanese tanker Matsumi Maru 7. The American almost won the race, but the vile foe struck a smashing blow from under the floor. Hooked with an anchor - and opened the warship, like a tin can!
Quite an old but funny story. Spectacular crash of the "Sea Knight" helicopter aboard the supply ship (ammunition transport) "Suribachi" (1992).
