<Ship designers and engineers cannot prevent human error and accidents.>
A designer or an engineer who has this kind of attitude or mentality should be executed by the firing squad and the school who gives degree to this kind of designer or engineer should be closed permanently.
Martian2, you expect Type 052C Aegis-class to outclass Arleigh Burke with the mentality above?
The Arleigh Burke has its share of accidents. In the following article, "The commanding officer of the guided missile destroyer Arleigh Burke was relieved of command." Also, in the second news article, we see that an advanced Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine, USS Greeneville, was responsible for colliding and sinking the Japanese fishing boat "Ehime Maru" and killing nine of her crew.
Arleigh Burke's Commanding Officer Relieved Of Duty
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Arleigh Burke's Commanding Officer Relieved Of Duty
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot ^ | May 22,
2007 | Not specified
Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 12:50:00 PM by RDTF
NORFOLK
The commanding officer of the guided missile destroyer Arleigh Burke was relieved of command Monday, following what officials earlier said was a soft grounding of the ship off Cape Henry Light at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay.
Cmdr. E.J. McClure was relieved by Rear Adm. Dan Holloway, the commander of Strike Group 12. The reason for the relief is
loss of confidence in her ability to command, said a 2nd Fleet official.
McClure, a 1987 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, has been reassigned to the Atlantic Fleet Surface Force in Norfolk.
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The ships executive officer, Lt. Cmdr. Allen Hobbs, will become the interim captain of the ship.
The Burke ran aground last Tuesday as it was heading back to Norfolk from a training exercise, the Navy said. It made it back to Norfolk Naval Station under its own power.
Inspectors have not determined the extent of the damage.
The Burke has a crew of about 325, is 505 feet long and displaces about 8,315 tons.
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CG 70 Lake Erie
"On February 9, 2001, the USS Lake Erie (CG 70) sortied from Pearl Harbor to assist along with Coast Guard boats and cutters with rescue efforts after
a surfacing U.S. submarine, the USS Greeneville (SSN 772), struck a Japanese fishing vessel at approximately 1:45 p.m. (HST) about nine miles south of the Diamond Head crater off Honolulu, Hawaii. The fishing vessel, named "Ehime Maru", rapidly flooded and sank within 10 minutes in 1,800 feet of water. Twenty-six of 35 aboard were rescued. The "Ehime Maru" had been on a fishing and research mission when
the USS Greeneville (SSN 772) rapidly surfaced and collided with its stern. The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine was, at the time, conducting an "emergency ballast tank blow," a procedure used to bring subs to the surface in the event of an emergency,
although in this case it was used for training, on a one-day cruise with 16 military and civilian guests."