Missile destroyer collides with tanker

[JFurst]

That's considered minor damage?

http://m.thestar.com/news/world/article/1240928--u-s-navy-guided-missile-destroyer-collides-with-oil-tanker-in-gulf

[03trubluGT]

It's probably a case of neither captain would yield.

[01vnms4v]

[krazy kris]

Nick could buff it out

[helosailor]

Holy shit! I wouldn't call that minor at all. I spent a lot of time on one of those.

[Forever_frost]

Really? The captain let another ship hit him without opening fire? What in the hell?

[Couver]

Look at the person standing in the gash. That's a lot open to the sea.

[diablo rojo]

Really? The captain let another ship hit him without opening fire? What in the hell?

This! I know tankers can move, but it's not like it's a fast attack vessel.

[Forever_frost]

I would have turned the cannons on the destroyer on their bridge and taken it out. You do not get closer than, say 1/4 mile

[ThreeFingerPete]

I would have turned the cannons on the destroyer on their bridge and taken it out. You do not get closer than, say 1/4 mile

Which is the larger vessel?

[Forever_frost]

Which is the larger vessel?

Probably the tanker, but I know which one is armed

[SouthernSVT]

I would gladly yield to something called a missile destroyer.

[Whiteboy]

I bet the tanker didnt have insurance damn mexicans

[32vfromhell]

Someone done fucked up.

[helosailor]

The 5" guns on the destroyer are powerful and accurate, for sure. But it would take somewhere along the lines of 50 to 75 rounds to any significant damage to ship the size of a tanker. Even a lucky shot directly into the pilot house wouldn't stop it dead in the water.

That being said, the DDG-51 class ships are VERY fast and VERY maneuverable, so how in the name of Admiral Burke did they allow themselves to get broadsided by a big, slow tanker that takes several miles to turn a 180? Be certain of this, they already have a new (acting) Commanding Officer.