INVESTIGATION FINDINGS AND OPINIONS

• WEAX WAS NOT A FACTOR

• PRE-RAS BRIEFS AND CHECKS WERE CONDUCTED ON LHD1 & AOE3

• LPD 12 WAS NOT A FACTOR

• WASPS STBD ELEVATOR EXTENDS APPROX. 45’ FROM SHIP’S HULL

• ROMEO CORPEN 090/13 - COMEX AT 0630

• USS SEATTLE’S BRIDGE TEAM NEITHER IDENTIFIED NOR ADEQUATELY RESPONDED TO A RECURRING CASUALTY TO THE HELMSMAN’S GYRO REPEATER

Previous slide

Next slide

Back to first slide

View graphic version

WHILE THE PROXIMATE CAUSE OF THE COLLISION WAS AOE3 HELMSMAN’S STICKING GYRO REPEATER; THE REASON IT WAS ALLOWED TO RESULT IN A COLLISION WAS THE MIND SET ABOARD AOE3.