Two US Navy ships — USS Momsen and USS Harpers Ferry — came a little too close for comfort Tuesday morning as they passed each other in San Diego Bay.
The incident between North Island's Ammunition Pier and the west end of Shelter Island was captured on webcam and prompted a Naval investigation.
, The U.S. Coast Guard advises that when vessels are headed toward each other, port-to-port passing, or passing on the right so that each vessel's port sides are closest, is advised.Get Southern California news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox.Radio traffic between USS Momsen, a guided-missile destroyer, and USS Harpers Ferry, a dock landing ship, starts out with a USS Momsen crewmember asking USS Harpers Ferry to confirm if it was planning a port-to-port passing.
USS Harpers Ferry's crew begins to respond but stops, then USS Momsen advises,"We are coming to port to avoid you." Harpers Ferry quickly radios back to Momsen advising,"We are coming to port to avoid you as well." The webcam footage shows both ships veer to port, or to the left, and their starboard sides nearly brush against each other.
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