Comments on: Job available http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/01/09/job-available/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:27:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MajMike http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/01/09/job-available/comment-page-1/#comment-39108 MajMike Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:53:05 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/01/09/job-available/#comment-39108 my comment was intended to be snarky sarcasm in sympathy with the skipper and crew. on re-reading it, i realize that it appears otherwise. my apologies to the crew and command. my comment was intended to be snarky sarcasm in sympathy with the skipper and crew.

on re-reading it, i realize that it appears otherwise.

my apologies to the crew and command.

]]> By: bullnav http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/01/09/job-available/comment-page-1/#comment-39098 bullnav Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:16:11 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/01/09/job-available/#comment-39098 From today's Virginian Pilot (Virginia Beach): By JACK DORSEY, The Virginian-Pilot ?Ǭ From today’s Virginian Pilot (Virginia Beach):

By JACK DORSEY, The Virginian-Pilot
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]]> By: bullnav http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/01/09/job-available/comment-page-1/#comment-409735 bullnav Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:16:11 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/01/09/job-available/#comment-409735 From today's Virginian Pilot (Virginia Beach): By JACK DORSEY, The Virginian-Pilot © January 10, 2007 NORFOLK - The submarine Newport News was submerged and leaving the Persian Gulf when a mammoth Japanese oil tanker passed overhead at a high speed, creating a sucking effect that made the sub rise and hit the ship, the Navy said Tuesday. That is the preliminary finding of Monday's collision between the Norfolk-based submarine and the Mogamigawa, a 1,100-foot-long merchant ship displacing 300,000 tons. Both were southbound, crossing the busy and narrow Strait of Hormuz while heading into the Arabian Sea. "As the ship passed over the sub, it ended up sucking the submarine into it," said Lt. Cmdr. Chris Loundermon, a spokesman for Submarine Force in Norfolk. "It is a principle called the venturi effect," he said. The Mogamigawa, built in 2001, is a super tanker that displaces 300,000 tons of water - three times the amount of water of a modern aircraft carrier. The Newport News, a Los Angeles-class submarine, displaces 6,900 tons of water. "This was a very, very large ship moving at higher speed," Loundermon said. From today’s Virginian Pilot (Virginia Beach):

By JACK DORSEY, The Virginian-Pilot
© January 10, 2007

NORFOLK – The submarine Newport News was submerged and leaving the Persian Gulf when a mammoth Japanese oil tanker passed overhead at a high speed, creating a sucking effect that made the sub rise and hit the ship, the Navy said Tuesday.

That is the preliminary finding of Monday’s collision between the Norfolk-based submarine and the Mogamigawa, a 1,100-foot-long merchant ship displacing 300,000 tons.

Both were southbound, crossing the busy and narrow Strait of Hormuz while heading into the Arabian Sea.

“As the ship passed over the sub, it ended up sucking the submarine into it,” said Lt. Cmdr. Chris Loundermon, a spokesman for Submarine Force in Norfolk.

“It is a principle called the venturi effect,” he said.

The Mogamigawa, built in 2001, is a super tanker that displaces 300,000 tons of water – three times the amount of water of a modern aircraft carrier.

The Newport News, a Los Angeles-class submarine, displaces 6,900 tons of water.

“This was a very, very large ship moving at higher speed,” Loundermon said.

]]> By: rt http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/01/09/job-available/comment-page-1/#comment-39077 rt Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:59:55 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/01/09/job-available/#comment-39077 it's a incident that invokes memories of the Ehime Maru incident. it goes back to the old trope 'if it bleeds, it leads'. it’s a incident that invokes memories of the Ehime Maru incident.

it goes back to the old trope ‘if it bleeds, it leads’.

]]> By: Skippy-san http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/01/09/job-available/comment-page-1/#comment-39015 Skippy-san Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:48:22 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/01/09/job-available/#comment-39015 This was front page news in the Asahi Shinbun this morning with almost a full page devoted to it (very unusual for a Japanese paper). Seems the Japanese are still sensitive about submarines hitting their ships for some reason. This was front page news in the Asahi Shinbun this morning with almost a full page devoted to it (very unusual for a Japanese paper). Seems the Japanese are still sensitive about submarines hitting their ships for some reason.

]]> By: Bomber Guy http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/01/09/job-available/comment-page-1/#comment-38982 Bomber Guy Wed, 10 Jan 2007 02:32:30 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/01/09/job-available/#comment-38982 Pig Boat Sailor, I don't know if there is a problem within the submarine community, that's why I posed the question. My submarine experience is limited to one training cruise on a WW-II era fleet boat (It caught fire while submerged). My observation is that we seem to be hearing/reading way too much about the "silent service" in recent months, which begs the questions: Do we have a problem; if we do what is it; and how do we fix it? The Navy, more than any other service has demonstrated little tolerance for commanders who simply had bad luck. Harsh, but a fact. Pig Boat Sailor,

I don’t know if there is a problem within the submarine community, that’s why I posed the question. My submarine experience is limited to one training cruise on a WW-II era fleet boat (It caught fire while submerged).

My observation is that we seem to be hearing/reading way too much about the “silent service” in recent months, which begs the questions: Do we have a problem; if we do what is it; and how do we fix it?

The Navy, more than any other service has demonstrated little tolerance for commanders who simply had bad luck. Harsh, but a fact.

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