Re: Die Hard: Offshore
@John Doe 6
Big ships are very slow at turning (even slower at stopping "turning"), there is no way to hit a "war ship" unless it's asleep or just looking the wrong way (probably just forward).
They claim those Navy ships have only one crew member standing outside these days, and that can create a problem as standing on port side means you cannot properly see to the starboard side and vice versa. A very poor performance from those ships all the same.
I am not all that surprised though, I have entered the bridge for my watch on a merchant ship with both guys fast asleep with just George at the helm.
As for slow turning, a guy I knew told me about a (mad) prank he did to a mate he did not like. He took an oil tanker full circle in the Mediterranean in a starless night. It took him the whole four hour watch to do it without getting caught (hoping the captain would have a look at the voyage data recorder later).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
