The Navy gets a new Destroyer.

[waglocker]

The Navy gets a new Destroyer. Mo' better than the Zumwalt some will say.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ ... oyer-98932

Read about the ships namesake here. MoH Awardee from the Battle of Iwo Jima. He jumped on two hand grenades at the age of 17....and lived!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacklyn_H._Lucas

[wilmermj]

Hopefully these have better collision detection and avoidance.....

[Clark Kent]

Depends upon better sailors charged with collision detection and avoidance.

[jukk0u]

Hopefully these have better collision detection and avoidance.....

Well... maybe if they had better meteorological reports by which to navigate...

[Clark Kent]

Or sailors that know how to read a meteorological report and act upon same. It all boils down to having folks aboard who have some smarts. All the data/information in the world is worthless if you don't have folks who know how to understand and apply same.

[wilmermj]

The meteorologist job is to observe and brief, then hit the smoke deck for as long as possible.

[jukk0u]

[sportsdad60]

Two new subs too, and will be named Arizona and Oklahoma in honor of the PH ships destroyed by the sneak attack.

[Guntrader]

The last instances of destroyers being hit by cargo ships seemed to be:
Inadequate training
Dependence on electronics rather than seamanship
Incompetence all around.
General asshatery

[wilmermj]

The last instances of destroyers being hit by cargo ships seemed to be:
Inadequate training
Dependence on electronics rather than seamanship
Incompetence all around.
General asshatery

Sounds like the Navy I remember.

[sportsdad60]

The last instances of destroyers being hit by cargo ships seemed to be:
Inadequate training
Dependence on electronics rather than seamanship
Incompetence all around.
General asshatery

Melliniums...

[jukk0u]

The last instances of destroyers being hit by cargo ships seemed to be:
Inadequate training
Dependence on electronics rather than seamanship
Incompetence all around.
General asshatery

Melliniums...

MilleniALS probably are represented in the officer ranks, but most seaman are more likely Gen Z