{"id":77183,"date":"2018-01-17T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=77183"},"modified":"2018-01-17T07:23:57","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T12:23:57","slug":"navy-commanders-facing-negligent-homicide-charges-for-collisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=77183","title":{"rendered":"Navy commanders facing negligent homicide charges for collisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=77184\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77184\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/benson-sanchez-split-1800-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/benson-sanchez-split-1800-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/benson-sanchez-split-1800-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/benson-sanchez-split-1800.jpg 621w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2018\/01\/16\/578478707\/naval-commanders-in-2-deadly-ship-collisions-to-be-charged-with-negligent-homici\">NPR<\/a>, the commanders of the USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain both face charges of Negligent Homicide for the collisions of their vessels last year;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A Navy investigation completed in November 2017 determined that both accidents were &#8220;avoidable&#8221; and reflected &#8220;multiple failures by watch standers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the case of the USS Fitzgerald, the commander, two lieutenants and one lieutenant junior grade face possible charges of dereliction of duty, hazarding a vessel and negligent homicide.<\/p>\n<p>The commander of the USS John S. McCain will face possible charges of dereliction of duty, hazarding a vessel and negligent homicide. A chief petty officer also faces one possible charge of dereliction of duty.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2018\/01\/16\/navy-captains-ships-pacific-collisions-face-criminal-charges.html\">Military.com<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An investigation into the Fitzgerald collision, reviewed by Military.com, found that watchstanders were looking the wrong way as the ship entered a collision course with the container ship ACX Crystal. When the danger was finally identified, the officer of the deck froze, giving an order and then retracting it as danger rapidly approached.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>An investigation into the McCain collision, released in November, revealed massive confusion on the bridge as the ship made an early morning passage through one of the busiest sea lanes in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez was on the bridge, but had not summoned a sea-and-anchor detail to assist with the movement, according to the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>When he observed the ship&#8217;s helmsman was having trouble staying on course and controlling speed, Sanchez ordered the duties be divided up. But the message was not communicated, and chaos ensued, resulting in the helmsman incorrectly declaring the ship had lost steering.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation also found that several of the sailors on watch had been transferred from the cruiser USS Antietam, and were not familiar with steering controls for the destroyer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to NPR, the commanders of the USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain both face &hellip; <a title=\"Navy commanders facing negligent homicide charges for collisions\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=77183\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Navy commanders facing negligent homicide charges for collisions<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-navy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}