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Originally Posted by berettafan
Wow that is a terrifying way to go.
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Yeah.
Over the 4.5 years I was on board the E we lost 8 mates at sea that I can easily recall. Only one could possibly have been non "work related". It was the same Aleutians cruise. We had a scheduled man over board drill one morning and a WO turned up missing. He was last seen at a shift change the night before. Jumped, murdered???? Never know. Missing at sea.
I've been in the voids JR described, in dry dock after we hit Bishops Rock and tore a huge gash along the port side. Ripped off most of the port side bilge keel as well. We were due to deploy in a couple of months and was out on work ups when we hit. Technology makes us complacent which only increases the severity of the consequences when mistakes are made.