"The Navy command investigation obtained by Business Insider said that the September 2024 incident, initially characterized as an allision, was caused by 'a series of poor decisions, failure to follow procedure, application of open water navigation to restricted waters, and failure to exhibit proper risk calculation.'"
"The Navy's investigation reveals that the captain and his watchstanders failed to prepare for the shortcut and failed to monitor navigation alerts that could have averted disaster at the last minute. 'The grounding was preventable,' investigators wrote."
"Just after noon in the northern Arabian Sea, the captain of a US Navy fuel ship gave the order to take a shortcut through risky waters rather than take a longer, safer route to their destination. Two hours later, the 677-foot replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn struck the sea floor at high speed, shaking violently as the vessel ran aground."
The USNS Big Horn, a 677-foot Navy replenishment oiler, struck the sea floor at high speed in the northern Arabian Sea after its captain ordered a shortcut through dangerous waters instead of taking a safer route. The incident occurred in September 2024 when sailors missed critical navigational warnings, with music audible on the bridge during the grounding. A Navy investigation concluded the preventable accident resulted from poor decision-making, failure to follow procedures, misapplication of open water navigation techniques to restricted waters, and inadequate risk assessment. The ship sustained over $20 million in damage. Investigators recommended disciplinary action against the captain and several officers, though both the captain and navigator remain employed with unclear future assignment prospects.
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