US Navy Oiler Runs Aground, Forcing Carrier Strike Group to Scramble for Fuel;
gCaptain has received multiple reports that the US Navy oiler USNS Big Horn ran aground yesterday and partially flooded off the coast of Oman, leaving the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group without its primary fuel source.
First reported on the gCaptain forum and by maritime historian Sal Mercogliano, a leaked video and photos show damage to the ship’s rudder post and water flooding into a mechanical space. US Navy vessels don’t typically transmit AIS signals, so we don’t know the exact location of the ship but a Navy source confirms she is anchored near Oman awaiting a full damage assessment.
Fortunately, no injuries or environmental damage have been reported for the ship. This is significant because the 33-year-old vessel is one of the single-hull versions of the Kaiser-class oilers.
BTW, John Konrad is a good X follow on all matters shipping.
Crikey, these U.S. Navy oilers run aground worse than Edmonton oilers.
Would it be bad sexual politics to inquire of the sex of the captain?
the captain was probably a DEI hire
Offers of help from The Ruby were politely declined.
Speaking of Ruby…on its way to Malta it seems. Why Lithuania was scrubbed from the course is anyone’s guess.
US – $6.7 billion for 8 oilers?
Canada – $5.2 billion for 2 oilers?
That’s triple per unit. A little bit stupid.
Same size etc??? Size is important …. or so I’m told 😉
Decline indeed.
MJTruthUltra
@MJTruthUltra
“Whoa whoa whoa…
Lawmakers want to make a constitutional amendment that would allow them to replace members of congress under the guise of a “mass casualty event”?
Mass casualties = Mass Arrests?”
https://x.com/mjtruthultra/status/1838439127278031260
One can hope.
50 bucks says the captain was DEI approved!