US Navy Ship Struck USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii

[Coded-Dude]

Hope the damage was minimal....that sucks! Just glad nobody was hurt.

A U.S. Navy ship struck part of the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor on Wednesday morning, according to a woman whose husband witnessed the accident.Photos submitted by the woman, who declined to be identified because her spouse serves in the Navy, show the naval hospital ship USNS Mercy sailing dangerously close to the USS Arizona Memorial. Her husband took the photographs from nearby Ford Island.
"It went right over the dock," she told Military.com. "You could hear the metal crunching. My husband said you could see mud and water being kicked up. It backed up to within feet of hitting the white memorial building."
Tug boats were guiding the hospital ship from its port at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam at around 7 a.m. local time.
A Navy official who asked not to be identified said of the incident, "It looks like one of the tugs that was pushing her as she left the harbor might have hit the visitor landing to the Arizona."
It's unclear how much, if any, damage was done to the USS Arizona wreckage.

Full Story:
http://www.military.com/daily-news/...ip-struck-uss-arizona-memorial-in-hawaii.html

 

[dennishoddy]

Sounds like a tug captain may be in trouble. Glad to see it didn't hit the ship itself.

 

[Fyrtwuck]

I see a re-assignment in someone's future if not a discharge.

 

[SMS]

Some contractor (the tug operator) will get hit with a hefty bill, and another contractor will get a juicy contract to repair the damage.

 

[Jim Bob]

Hitting a war memorial, that sucks. It made me remember the tug that took out the I-40 bridge several years ago.

 

[Fyrtwuck]

Hitting a war memorial, that sucks. It made me remember the tug that took out the I-40 bridge several years ago.

Which reminds me of the clown who was pretending to be an SF Army Officer.

 

[John6185]

He'll be relieved of duties and assigned a desk job-sans future promotions. His career is over.

 

[ARnut]

Hope they get it fixed before get there in two weeks.

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

Things that make you say, "Oi veh!"

Woody

 

[Cohiba]

Wow....I know our young OSA member Been....joined the Navy not to long ago.


Hmmmmmm....Been.....were you the one who caused this???!!!