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I guess they forgot...

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/12/18/uss-georgia-collides-with-buoy.html?ESRC="eb.nl"
 
I m surprised a strong steel hull like that would be damaged from a buoy
 
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Originally posted by PascalG

I m surprised a strong steel hull like that would be damaged from a buoy

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The damage might not be to the steel. Unless I'm mistaken and I've read too many Tom Clancy novels, our subs have some king of rubberized coating or tiles on them to cut down on noise and sonar pings. I can imagine some of that getting scraped off on a buoy.
 
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Originally posted by PascalG

I m surprised a strong steel hull like that would be damaged from a buoy

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It wouldn't from a surface perspective. However the sub compresses by several feet when at depth. They'll do some NDI to ensure there are no weak spots.

Another HUGE concern would be any ding to the prop. They make Rolla's look cheap. Every sub I've seen go to dry dock status was done at night and the sea water was being pumped out of the dock, a shed wss constructed around the prop.
 
Possible strike on a diving plane or transducer? Who knows..
It certainly makes sense to carefully investigate after any strike incident on a vessel that depends on so many critical systems at great depth.
 
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Originally posted by November Charlie

Someone's getting fired.

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Yes, the Coast Guard is in trouble for leaving that Buoy where somebody could hit it. It was a hazard to navigation and should have been moved out of the way.
 
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Originally posted by mdoherty

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Originally posted by November Charlie

Someone's getting fired.

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Yes, the Coast Guard is in trouble for leaving that Buoy where somebody could hit it. It was a hazard to navigation and should have been moved out of the way.

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I've heard that before. Old boy set his autopilot using the AP of big old Mo(A) as the waypoint. Well - turns out that buoy was floating dead on assigned position, and his autopilot was working like a champ. Was a nice boat, too. The guy was bewildered and could not comprehend how it was 100% his fault. Kept reiterating that he had the right waypoint, that he had the autopilot set, and he double checked the position of the buoy and his waypoint was correct. Not sure if he was overwhelmed from hitting a buoy or in denial, but he couldn't make that connection between "set the autopilot to steer on the AP of a large buoy" and "you did this".
 
Embarrassing any time, but this is Home Port. Chart 11503... #20 and 21 are the last entrance channel set before a 30-degree turn to starboard. #22 and 23 are the first set on that leg. There's a range ahead to follow in the entrance channel and one to the rear for that 30-deg turn. They're accompanied by an escort package of armed USN and USCG vessels and generally one or two "C Tractor" tugs to assist as needed.
This could have easily happened if they failed to make the turn to starboard between #20 and #22. Steering Casualty?
 
To NC's point: Cruising sailboats to the Caribbean islands get in extremis with each other more than they used to. The skippers pick that perfect point to navigate to, set GPS/autopilot and end up same place/same time. Before technology, they'd only converge in vicinity of each other.

That channel where GEORGIA hit the bouy: It's a return from seaward that proceeds North toward Kings Bay in the same "ditch" the ICW uses, so the ICW is Green-Right-Going-South for a ways. Like Red and Green swapped sides in the channel for awhile. Pascal's seen this on his summer north trips.
 
Doubtful on a Steering Casualty, as the Maneuvering Watch would have been set - - All hands on deck, as it were. Maybe the GPS was set for NORTH UP rather than COURSE UP . . .. ; )
 
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Originally posted by Good Grief

Doubtful on a Steering Casualty, as the Maneuvering Watch would have been set - - All hands on deck, as it were. Maybe the GPS was set for NORTH UP rather than COURSE UP . . .. ; )

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Drives me nuts when someone leaves my plotters on course up, or messes with my 3/6 radar vectors.
 
This reminds me of an “incident” we had a few years ago leaving Fernandina. We were heading out to sea in the main marked inlet channel after a stopover night in Fernandina. Then a gun boat pulled in front of us and pointed their 50 cal looking bow mounted machine gun at us and on their load speaker instructed us “to exit the channel immediately and do not under any circumstances point our bow at the submarine in front of us in the channel”. Only the top of the sub tower was showing above the water so it was a bit startling until I realized what was in front of us.
 
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