TIME KEY EVENTS
202043 - CONN ALTERS CSE TO 122T TO PORT TO CONFORM WITH NAV TRACK - SPD STILL 25 KTS
202046 - CC TUG & TOW PASS DOWN STBD SIDE AT 800 YDS ON RECIPROCAL HEADING
202048 (ABT) - NAV PROCEEDS TO OPEN BRIDGE BIG EYES AND SEES PORT RUNNING LIGHT ON CH
202050 - OOD DECIDES TO PASS ASTERN OF CH ON CONTACTS PORT SIDE
- ORDERS LEFT 5 DEG RUDDER
Notes:
CIC, ALTHOUGH UNDERMANNED, IS KEEPING A FAIRLY COMPLETE SURFACE PICTURE ON THE DRT WITH A TOTAL OF TEN TRACKS BEING REPORTED TO THE BRIDGE WITH CPA’S LESS THAN 5000 YDS. BRIDGE IS ACKNOWLEDGING CIC REPORTS BUT NOT PROVIDING ANY FEEDBACK.
BRIDGE HAS SCOPE HEAD CPA OF 350 YDS TO PORT FOR ‘CH’.
OOD, JOOD, AOOD, CONN AND NAVIGATOR SEE WHITE LIGHTING WITH NO VISIBLE SIDELIGHTS -- OOD MISINTERPRETS AS STERN ASPECT. ONE WATCHSTANDER SEES A WHITE OVER RED LIGHT SCHEME ON THE MAST --- BUT THIS IS DISCOUNTED SINCE A VESSEL THIS LARGE COULDN’T BE A PILOT VESSEL.
AOOD REPORTS 130 TARGET ANGLE, USING CO’S BINOCULARS
FOLLOWING SLIDE GIVES A GRAPHICAL PRESENTATION OF THE SURFACE PICTURE