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Re: Fw: Grounding of cruiser PORT ROYAL
From: Henry Halboth
Date: 2009 Jul 15, 12:20 -0700
From: Henry Halboth
Date: 2009 Jul 15, 12:20 -0700
Amen. Greg - but my, you are too kind.
I am well familar with the reef area off the Honolulu Airport runway, having some years ago refloated a stranded vessel from the exact location described. She mistook the airport lights for the Harbor Entrance and went up on the reef at 4-bells + a jingle.
There is little or no excuse for a ship going aground in this area - unless loss of situational awareness simply means not keeping a lookout; of course keeping enough water under the keel is also helpful - so the fathometer was not workng; what happened to the hand lead - at one time Navy Regs required a leadsman in the chain when entering or leaving port or coming to anchor. Oh well, times do change. Also "soft grounding" is a new term to me. How many millions in repair costs define the dividing line.
Regards,
Henry
--- On Wed, 7/15/09, Greg Rudzinski <gregrudzinski@yahoo.com> wrote:
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