Canadian warships collide

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http://o.canada.com/2013/08/31/canadian-warships-collide/

I post this with a straight face and no comment.

[Autumn]

1. I rec this this with a straight face and no comment.

Okay, I lied.

[mick063]

2. It appears that they barely "knicked" each other

Perhaps by three or four feet.

A direct 90 degree broadside would have looked much different.

As a former sailor, I will say that the closest I came to death in the Navy was from an underway replenishment, refueling at sea. Our ships did not come close to collision, but I came very close to being caught by a line and pulled overboard.

Extremely dangerous evolution when ships operate in close proximity to each other.

I am not going to poke fun at this incident, knowing the difficulty of the exercise.

Towing boats, at any level, is extremely dangerous. A parting line will whip back and kill a person standing on the bow. Even with small pleasure craft.

[Arctic Dave]

3. Oops. Someone is out of a job.

I had a CO we nicknamed Capt Crunch. He had a habit of getting into fender benders with other ships.

But nothing like that.

[Harmony Blue]

4. Idiots

millions of taxpayer dollars right there.

[Jenoch]

5. I read about a couple of cargo ships that collided like that.

One cargo ship was carrying a load of red paint. The other cargo ship was carrying a load of blue paint. There were no casualties, but the crew members of both ships were marooned.

[Baclava]

6. look! .......a seal! .....get him!

...bam!

like that?

[JimDandy]

7. At least it was above the water line

so we all could see it.

[Motown_Johnny]

8. "On Your Right!"