[IMG_4439] The collision between USS Porter (DDG 78) and the Panamanian-flagged bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan occurred on August 2012 at approximately 1:00 a.m. local time. The USS PORTER, a destroyer of the same class as the FITZGERALD and McCAIN, was transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The PORTER m…

Here too, a simple AIS receiver-only would have shown the tanker ‘Otowasan ’ to the ‘Porter’… if they did not identify the ‘single ship’ as two ships earlier. AIS is a broadcast of a ship’s data, independent of sight or radar shadows.

perfect example of too many people on the bridge to avoid that vessel it needed 2 people maybe 3 but no more, same clown show on the vincennes, nobody knew where they were, situational awareness, zero.

2012 Collision of USS Porter (DDG-78)

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Klaveness May 20, 2019, 10:22am 4

…is somewhat similar to a drunken discussion about the philosophy of collision avoidance.

I believe that’s what’s commonly referred to as bullshit.

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2012 Collision of USS Porter (DDG-78)

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