{"id":26624,"date":"2017-08-22T21:35:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T21:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/08\/22\/at-sea-disasters-came-during-the-most-basic-of-operations-pacific-fleet-co-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:17:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:17:46","slug":"at-sea-disasters-came-during-the-most-basic-of-operations-pacific-fleet-co-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/08\/22\/at-sea-disasters-came-during-the-most-basic-of-operations-pacific-fleet-co-says\/","title":{"rendered":"At-sea disasters came during \u2018the most basic of operations,\u2019 Pacific Fleet CO says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent at-sea disasters that led to sailor deaths and massive ship damage came about while the Navy was conducting \u201cthe most basic of operations,\u201d Pacific Fleet commander Adm. Scott Swift said in a fleet-wide message Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swift\u2019s internal note to officers in charge, obtained by Navy Times, refers to the fatal at-sea collisions involving the destroyers John S. McCain and the Fitzgerald and was issued as further guidance to the one-day \u201coperational pause\u201d that Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson called for on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That pause, along with a fleet-wide review of Navy operations that Richardson also called for, aims to assess systemic failures that led to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/naval\/2017\/08\/22\/dead-mccain-sailors-found-aboard-ship-as-the-search-continues\/\">the McCain\u2019s collision with an oil barge<\/a> on Monday near Singapore, and the Fitzgerald\u2019s collision with a merchant vessel off the Japanese coast two months earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swift said the fleet had experienced \u201ca series of unfortunate incidents, some of which claimed the lives of our shipmates,\u201d while conducting basic duties like anchoring, navigation, surface ship contact management and carrier qualifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/08\/17\/water-on-deck-get-out-the-navys-official-report-of-the-fitzgeralds-catastrophe-at-sea\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-17-at-5.48.43-PM.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">\u2018Water on deck!\u2018 \u2018Get out!\u2018 \u2014 The Navy&#8217;s official report of the Fitzgerald&#8217;s catastrophe at sea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Sailors had less than a minute to escape as seawater blasted through a massive hole in the destroyer Fitzgerald after a container ship struck its starboard side on June 19.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ten McCain sailors remained unaccounted for Tuesday, but the Navy announced that some remains had been found in the ship\u2019s flooded compartments and that Singaporean authorities had discovered other remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the Fitzgerald, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/08\/17\/fitzgerald-co-other-sailors-to-be-disciplined-in-connection-to-fatal-collision\/\">seven sailors died<\/a> after the massive container ship known as the ACX Crystal plowed into it on June 17, flooding their living quarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy has yet to explain how a commercial ship was able to get so close to one of the world\u2019s most high-tech ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/08\/21\/cno-richardson-calls-for-fleet-wide-review-in-light-of-mccain-disaster\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/McCain-damage-three.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy\u2019s top officer calls for fleet-wide review in light of McCain disaster<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Declaring that the Navy \u201cneeds to get to the bottom of this,\u201d Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson called Monday morning for a global fleet-wide operational pause that seeks to understand the causes of the service\u2019s spate of fatal at-sea collisions this year.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also this year, 7th Fleet\u2019s guided-missile cruiser Antietam ran around in the Tokyo Bay, and the cruiser Lake Champlain collided with a South Korean fishing vessel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Continuous operations cause basic skills to atrophy and give commands a false sense of their overall readiness, Swift said in Tuesday\u2019s message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe phenomena that, \u2018I am at the peak of my game because I have been operating\u2019 leads to overconfidence, complacency and mistakes which in the best case leads to remedial training, and in the worst case of loss of personnel and equipment,\u201d Swift said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDo not let your guard down and fall into this trap.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richardson\u2019s review is expected to address the high operational tempo of ships that call overseas ports home, such as those in 7<sup>th<\/sup> Fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17234410712229.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17234410712229.jpg.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17234410712229.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17234410712229.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17234410712229.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Adm. 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(Wong Maye-E\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swift directed each command to take a full workday dedicated to the operational pause and focusing on individual and team fundamentals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the meetings should \u201cdevelop, table-top, and talk through challenging scenarios,\u201d as well as rules of the road, standing orders, operating and casualty response procedures, and other areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo one, not even you the CO, is immune from constructive feedback,\u201d Swift said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/08\/21\/amid-accidents-and-sailor-deaths-us-navys-top-officer-questions-readiness-of-japan-based-ships\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/August-21-Frontlines-1.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Amid accidents and sailor deaths, US Navy&#8217;s top officer questions readiness of Japan-based ships<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Navy\u2019s top officer is eyeing U.S. 7th Fleet based in Yokosuka, Japan, after four accidents in one year have resulted in three collisions, a grounding, seven sailors dead and 10 missing as of Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The officer and enlisted heads of commands across the Navy\u2019s 7<sup>th<\/sup> Fleet will hold their daylong seminars Wednesday and Thursday, according to a 7<sup>th<\/sup> Fleet command message. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seminar topics to be discussed include situational awareness, stress and fatigue, error chain, external and internal communications, decision making, rules of the road and lessons learned, according to the message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe seminar format is intended to elicit a facilitated discussion of the navigation and seamanship challenges facing our fleet to ensure that we are taking all appropriate immediate measures to support and enhance Seventh Fleet\u2019s safe and effective operations,\u201d it states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/680\/670534.pdf\">Government Accountability Office report<\/a> found that ships based overseas faced lags in training, maintenance and other issues compared to ships with U.S. home ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Navy plans call for a U.S.-based cruiser or destroyer to spend 41 percent of its time deployed or available for deployments, similar Japan-based ships spend 67 percent of their time deployed, according to the report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent at-sea disasters that led to sailor deaths occurred while conducting basic duties like anchoring, navigation, surface ship contact management and carrier qualifications, Pacific Fleet commander Adm. 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