BBfanboy -> RE: OT: U.S. Navy Destroyer Collides With Merchant Vessel Off Coast Of Japan (6/24/2017 11:11:05 PM)
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ORIGINAL: wolfclan We may be getting close to agreement, but, the Navy does not consider International Rules of the Road as advisory: Department of the Navy Regulations: "§700.1120 Rules for preventing collisions, afloat and in the air. (a) All persons in the naval service responsible for the operation of naval ships, craft and aircraft shall diligently observe the International Rules for Preventing Collisions at Sea, (commonly called International Rules of the Road) Inland Rules of the Road, domestic......" Obviously no set of International Rules can cover all situations and judgments will need to be made. But in general, the rules are effective. Ever since the attack on DD (Stack?) in port, the USN has been alert to the possibility that approaching vessels, no matter how small, may be hostile. They are supposed to be prepared to defend themselves if an approaching vessel refuses to be waved off. In that sense, they are a traffic cop, telling other ships to vamoose or suffer the consequences. In this case, the assumption must have been made that a container ship could not possibly be hostile but there still should have been action to avoid the collision. The DD may have had right-of-way, but the CO will be held responsible for not taking action to evade.
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