ext_115443 ([identity profile] edschweppe.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] edschweppe 2009-02-08 06:30 pm (UTC)

Navigating in or out of Pearl Harbor isn't exceptionally tricky, as long as you pay attention. According to this story in the Honolulu Advertiser (http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090208/NEWS08/902080355/-1), though, they were in the middle of transferring personnel onto small boats when they ran aground. Makes me wonder how much attention the skipper was paying to the small-boat evolution rather than to his navigation.

And they'll float her off eventually. That's a billion-dollar mail buoy, otherwise ...

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