SEATTLE / WASP SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
0903 - BOTH SHIPS SOUND COLLISION ALARM
- BEFORE COLLISION, CO SEATTLE DIRECTS CONNING OFFICER TO ORDER “RIGHT 5 DEGREES RUDDER”
- MOMENTS LATER CONN ORDERS “STEADY AS YOU GO”, MISINTERPRETED BY HELMSMAN AS “RUDDER AMIDSHIPS”
- CO AGAIN DIRECTS RIGHT 5 DEGREES RUDDER ORDER TO THE CONNING OFFICER
- JUST BEFORE COLLISION, BOTH SHIPS ORDER RUDDER AMIDSHIPS TO MINIMIZE IMPACT.
-- AT IMPACT SEATTLE AFT STRG OBSERVED 082
-- AT IMPACT WASP WAS AT O84
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