I came into work one morning and the office was staring out my window into San Francisco Bay. The Carl Vincent had run aground trying to return to it's berth at Alameda Naval Air Station. All the Crowley tugs were pushing and pulling, but they finally had to wait for a 'high tide' about 36 hrs. Long story short the Captain had ordered the pilot to proceed-during the court marshal was relieved of command. Hundreds of thousands to clean and recertify the props and impellers. In a message dated 4/6/2012 3:25:08 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
It's hard for me to imagine the navy allowing itself to get into a situation where the operation of the ship's main engines and steering would be completely ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

