WHAT WENT WRONG

• GYRO REPEATER CASUALTY

  • THREE SEPARATE OCCURRENCES OF THE HELMSMAN’S REPEATER STICKING AND JUMPING FROM 1 TO 5 DEGREES
  • EACH OCCURRENCE NOTED BY HSO AND HELMSMAN AND IN ONE INSTANCE REPORTED TO JOOD/OOD(U/I)
  • RAPID CLOSURE RATE BETWEEN SHIPS NOTED BY CO BUT NO EXPLANATION OFFERED NOR GIVEN

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THREE SEPARATE HSOs AND HELMSMEN NOTED A SINGLE OCCURRENCE DURING THEIR TIME ON THE HELM. TAKEN AS A SINGLE EVENT IT WAS NOT THOUGHT TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM. TAKEN IN THE AGGREGATE AND NOTING THE RESULT IT WAS OBVIOUSLY MORE THAN AN ANOMALY.

EVEN WHEN THE CO OF WASP BROUGHT THE RAPID CLOSURE RATE OF THE TWO SHIPS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE SEATTLE CO, SEATTLE DID NOT INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE BUT SIMPLY NOTED THAT SUCH THINGS HAPPEN, SOMETIMES WITHOUT REASON.