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Re: Fw: Grounding of cruiser PORT ROYAL
From: Scott Owen
Date: 2009 Jul 17, 15:22 -0500
From: Scott Owen
Date: 2009 Jul 17, 15:22 -0500
Lu Abel wrote: > Maybe someone with more Navy experience can confirm or deny, but my > impression is that Navy ships do NOT use harbor pilots when they > enter/leave port. Lu, Typically harbor pilots are used in foreign ports or sometimes in ports with complicated arrival or departure schemes. If the ship was coming out of the yards located at it's home port then no way would a harbor pilot be used. Tugs would have been used to get her underway in the channel but nothing beyond that. It looks as though the aviation evaluation team was wanting to get back on the beach and in an effort to get close enough to the harbor for small boat ferry ops they ran her aground. Bottom line: Over reliance on electronics, improperly trained nav team and loss of situational awareness all spelled disaster for this Captain. Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NavList message boards: www.fer3.com/arc Or post by email to: NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
