SEATTLE / WASP SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

• 0800-0830 - HELMSMAN OBSERVES A ONE-QUARTER DEGREE SKIP (090 TP 090.25) ON GYRO REPEATER, BUT DOES NOT REPORT IT TO THE HSO

• 0853 - LPD 12 COMPLETES REFUELING AND BREAKS AWAY.

• 0902 - SEATTLE SECURES PUMPING. WASP AND SEATTLE BEGIN TO CLOSE. SEATTLE HELSMAN “MARKS HEAD” AT 090.5 -- ONE HALF DEGREE RIGHT OF ORDERED COURSE.

• 0902 - WASP BEGINS COMING LEFT IN 1/2 THEN 1 DEGREE INCREMENTS -- WITHIN 75 SECS WASP IS ON CSE 084

- SEATTLE HELMSMAN NOTES REPEATER REMAINED STATIONARY UP TO TIME OF COLLISION

- SEATTLE ORDER EMERGENCY BREAKAWAY

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