{"id":11781,"date":"2017-11-07T18:40:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T18:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/11\/07\/shoddy-seamanship-to-blame-in-lake-champlain-collision\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:01:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:01:40","slug":"shoddy-seamanship-to-blame-in-lake-champlain-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/11\/07\/shoddy-seamanship-to-blame-in-lake-champlain-collision\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoddy seamanship to blame in Lake Champlain collision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Of the Navy\u2019s four at-sea mishaps this year that sparked a fleet-wide review basic operation performance, the cruiser Lake Champlain\u2019s collision with a South Korean fishing vessel has received the sparsest attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike the disasters this summer involving the destroyers Fitzgerald and John S. McCain, which killed 17 sailors in total, no one lost their lives or were reported injured in the May 9 incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lake Champlain also did not fail in a high-profile setting, like the cruiser Antietam\u2019s January grounding in Tokyo Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\t