Two U.S. Navy warships narrowly avoided collision earlier this week in the San Diego Bay, as seen in a video captured by a public web camera.
The incident was unusual and not part of a training scenario. The Navy is investigating what happened.I can confirm that USS Momsen and USS Harper’s Ferry were transiting opposite directions in the San Diego bay Nov. 29 in close vicinity. Both ships maneuvered to safety. There were no injuries or damage to the ships as a result of those maneuvers. The incident is under investigation.
Professor and merchant mariner Sal Mercogliano said in a podcast analyzing the incident that the Harper’s Ferry began its turn too early, and the Momsen turned too late.
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