pstarr wrote:vtsnowedin wrote:pstarr wrote:Here we have a multi-million-dollar state-of-art battle ship driving in around circles . .
Get your terminology correct. The USS John McCain -DDG-56 is a destroyer not a battle ship.
A battle ship like the USS Missouri (BB-63) had a crew of 2700 and displaced 57,450 tons of water while the McCain has a crew of 281 and displaces just 8885 tons.
Crew moral is no excuse for what happened here or with the Fitzgerald.
I was aware as I wrote the post that a prissy such as yourself would jump on that technical detail. There is a spelling (not to mention a grammatical difference) between the the noun battleship and the modifier noun combination battle ship.
Not an excuse but an explanation. The gross incompetence will continue as long as the mission is suspect.
A 48,000 ton difference is not a technicality or a grammar error.
When calling other vessels by radio they both identify themselves as US War-ships. In that usage size doesn't matter and as both carry cruise missiles one is just as able to wage war as the other.
But again being sent out on suspect mission does not create incompetence and certainly does not excuse it.
Edit to add:
You calling me prissy is the biggest laugh I've had this week.