(USS) Port Royal fiasco costs Navy $8.5M

[unhappycamper]

Port Royal fiasco costs Navy $8.5M
By Gary T. Kubota
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 05, 2011

One of the most embarrassing moments in recent Navy history in Hawaii has also become among the most expensive.

The Navy has agreed to pay its largest settlement ever for reef damage: $8.5 million to the state stemming from the 2009 grounding of the guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal off Oahu's South Shore.

The damage has already resulted in the Navy's largest and most expensive ($6.5 million) reef restoration project.

"This settlement agreement recognizes the state of Hawaii's loss of a natural resource and takes into account the U.S. Navy's unprecedented efforts to restore the reef where USS Port Royal ran aground," said Rear Adm. Timothy Giardina, U.S. Pacific Fleet deputy commander.

Interim state Land Director William Aila Jr. said the Navy has done the "right thing" by acknowledging its responsibility and working cooperatively to restore the reef.



unhappycamper comment: And the Navy had to spend another $40+ million dollars to fix the Port Royal.

[Historic NY]

1. You'd think they would have had decent maps & charts by now....

or even one of them whiz bang puters that steers.