John Gray et al-

That kind of accidental collision can certainly haunt one, be you sixteen or sixty.

We've had several destroyers and guided missile cruisers demolished in collisions with aircraft carriers in convoy. It's had to believe such accidents can still happen but they do. One especially brutal collision took place between the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy and the guided missile cruiser Belknap, November 22, 1975. The Belknap wasn't sunk but there was hardly anything left above deck but smoldering wreckage. 8 sailors lost their lives, 24 required extended hospital care, but the loss of life could have been much greater and looking at the photographs of the damage one wonders why the toil wasn't higher. click here!

Charley Noble