U.S. military ship has minor collision with small boat in Yokosuka

Sunday 15th February, 09:05 PM JST

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seesaw at 06:52 PM JST - 15th February

US Navy/Military should apologise to the poor victims and offer the appropriate compensation.
GW at 06:58 PM JST - 15th February

weird, was this fishing boat camped out in the middle of a narrow entrance or something.....

Its also weird at mid day with a massive vessel bearing down on you, although at pretty slow speed I wud think(ok guess) that they wud wait until they collide, and apparently do nothing..........

JT get more info so you dont force us to speculate so much!
Beelzebub at 08:53 PM JST - 15th February

If it had been Yemen instead of Yokosuka, the US ship might be at the bottom of Tokyo Bay by now.
skyguym42 at 09:07 PM JST - 15th February

Oh my God! Forget the increasing murders, sex crimes and fraud, the unravelling of society and forget the economy, now here is finally an important story for the Japanese press to run with for days! "Why are these psycho Americans always trying to kill people? They are supposed to be guests here, but they just run over our boats like they aren't there!"
Wolfpack at 12:02 AM JST - 16th February

Although this story reports the incident was a 'minor collision', it obviously could have been a tragedy. When coming into port, a Navy ship has what is called a 'sea and anchor detail'. I have done many of these both entering and leaving Yokosuka. You have both visual and radar navigation going on simultaneously to assist the officer of the deck. There are also rules of the road at sea just as there are when driving. There really is no excuse for a Navy ship to hit a 14 ton ship at anchor - regardless of the circumstances. These types of incidents are taken very seriously by the Navy and will be a black mark for the ship's captain and the officer of the deck. It's good to know that no one was injured.
UnagiDon at 12:40 AM JST - 16th February

There really is no excuse for a Navy ship to hit a 14 ton ship at anchor - regardless of the circumstances.

Exactly, though undoubtedly many JT poster will continue to come up with such excuses and blame it on the smaller (anchored) vessel. It's not really that big of a deal, though I look forward to seeing how it plays out compared to the situation a few months back when a Japanese Aegis vessel hit something., thought he radar system has no bearing on the story.
sailwind at 01:00 AM JST - 16th February

Minor Collision? No, you do not have a minor collision, you have a major one between two vessels.

Details are SORELY lacking here.
earthcreature at 01:05 AM JST - 16th February

Yea, this ships have the latest in technology and the latest in radar systems to detect any enemy vessels around the area. If a radar failed to see this boat what makes the crew think they are save? I mean that could have been a enemy Submarine and they could have been done with... I think they were careless, or just distracted.
OssanAmerica at 01:21 AM JST - 16th February

The will be an inquiry.
gamera at 05:21 AM JST - 16th February

"Oops. Sorry, we were busy drinking 151. "
johancohen at 05:42 AM JST - 16th February

it's the Japanese on the contrary who should heed and tread carefully when America's ships are in the waters. if they can't excuse themselves aside, then what have they done for America?
grafton at 08:02 AM JST - 16th February

I think that this might be called an accident, but one with some blame to both parties. The navy ship really should have seen the little boat, but it seems didn’t. But let’s not be too generous to the four people in the little boat, they sat there & watched a 9,217-ton Aegis destroyer come straight at them & did nothing to get out of the way. I don’t care if they had the right to be there, rights don’t mean all that much under the circumstances.

Unless this was an elaborate group suicide where the four men not only wanted the insurance money to go to their families but also a large US compensation payout too. Well, with so little to go on you can’t blame anybody if they speculate a “little”.
sharky1 at 08:32 AM JST - 16th February

If anyone has ever tried to navigate the bay in Yokosuka, trying to get a large vessel around all the smaller ones is no easy task. Large ships cannot stop on a dime, wind and current come into play, and sometimes you will bump into another vessel, as was apparently the case here, with no boats being sunk, no one falling overboard, and no injuries. Yokosuka bay is one of the world's most crowded waterways. The only thing really newsworthy about this article is the opportunity to slam the foreigners in the media again.
soldave at 08:47 AM JST - 16th February

Base protests in 5...4...3...
techall at 10:21 AM JST - 16th February

Coming into port. Probably had a pilot in command on the bridge....probably a Japanese.