Navy Cruiser Runs Aground Near Japan (2017)

[cutiger83]

https://www.navytimes.com/articles/officials-navy-cruiser-ran-aground-near-japan

 

The ship grounded after anchoring out in high winds, officials said. When the crew noticed the ship was dragging its anchor, Antietam got back underway. Shortly after, the crew felt the ship shudder and lose all pitch control in both propellers. The grounding caused the ship to dump about 1,100 gallons of oil into the water. Nobody was injured in the incident.

[KurtA]

https://www.navytimes.com/articles/officials-navy-cruiser-ran-aground-near-japan

 

The ship grounded after anchoring out in high winds, officials said. When the crew noticed the ship was dragging its anchor, Antietam got back underway. Shortly after, the crew felt the ship shudder and lose all pitch control in both propellers. The grounding caused the ship to dump about 1,100 gallons of oil into the water. Nobody was injured in the incident.

 

Sounds like there is a Navy O-6 out there who won't be making O-7.

[Wharfmaster]

Ship happens.

 

Make no mistakes at Sea, Poseidon awaits.

 

 

 

 

Wharf

[Jarhead8007]

 

Sounds like there is a Navy O-6 out there who won't be making O-7.

 

But he may end up making O-5, instead.

[AZPhil]

His next command.

[Leatherneck72]

DOD zero defect environment. Career is over.

[joeclown]

As a young officer Chester Nimits grounded a ship and it never stopped him.

[BEAST]

As a young officer Chester Nimits grounded a ship and it never stopped him.

Different military, different times. Jonas Ingram was court martialed and still made flag rank. Nowadays not contributing to the Combined Federal Campaign can cost you.

[j. t. thompson]

Captain (Retired)  Joseph Carrigan,  

 

http://jejuforum.or.kr/en/m24_view.php?idx=4634&year=2024

[aerialbridge]

Some good humored comments here.    Could we call him "Wrong way Carrigan"?    I guess you could say he was literally and figuratively out of his depth.   At least it wasn't sayonara for his full bird.    WM-  Ship happens.    That would make a great tattoo for a sailor.  

[USMCR79]

USNA takes care of its own!!

 

 

[aerialbridge]

3 hours ago, USMCR79 said:

USNA takes care of its own!!

 

 

 

Sad but true.   And not just USNA, write in "the elite" at large, as we're constantly reminded and gaslighted.   "Nothing to see here, folks, move along."    Thankfully, in the next life, there won't be that double standard and all will be accountable by one standard.  

[Dave]

7 hours ago, USMCR79 said:

USNA takes care of its own!!

 

 

 

 

Not really. Having worked on the personal staff of the surface type commander (TYCOM), I can say with certainty that no one gave two thoughts about his commissioning source.

 

He was relieved of command, which is not at all surprising, and then went on to retire. Pretty normal in a situation like this. Since he was a senior O-6 at the time of grounding, he would not have retired as anything but an O-6, particularly since there were no criminal charges...just a series of errors and poor choices that led to the grounding (most out of his direct control, but he still was ultimately responsible). 

 

There are always people who will say "oh, if this were an enlisted person, they would have had the book thrown at them..." and other such comments, but this is also an untrue statement. Not just that the enlisted person wouldn't have had this responsibility, but also the fact that there are MANY officers who receive punishments, career-ending ones, who never make the news. Not for a cover up, but just because there's nothing worth discussing in a public forum. 

 

Also, keep in mind that only 3% of O-6s are promoted to O-7 in any given year. In this scenario, this fellow was in a fitness report competition with the commanding officer of the aircraft carrier, the air group commander, the destroyer squadron commander, the chief of staff of the strike group/task group, and any other O-6 on the admiral's staff, which probably included the admiral's operations officer. Having a grounding, where he was at fault, and being relieved of command, he ended up assuredly without being ranked anywhere near the top of this group. With one, perhaps two, fitness reports remaining before an in zone look at O-7, this killed his career immediately.

 

So...he put in for retirement and went home. We can thank him for his service, and it's a bummer it ended on a low note. But, as one former CNO I interviewed told me "everyone's career ends at some point. Some finish before the person is done with their career, and that's how the system works. Everyone, at some point, fails to get beyond their current grade or position." 



 

[sigsaye]

On 6/23/2018 at 10:00 PM, joeclown said:

As a young officer Chester Nimits grounded a ship and it never stopped him.

He was also AWOL in Australia during the cruise of the Great White Fleet.