US Navy To Scrap Touchscreen Controls On Its Destroyers

The US Navy plans to install mechanical throttles in their guided missile destroyers after touchscreen controls were met with overwhelming criticism from the fleet

Daily Mail: US Navy to revert back to old-fashioned mechanical throttles after touchscreen controls contributed to 2017 crash which killed 10 sailors on USS John S McCain

* A fleet survey revealed overwhelming opposition to the cutting-edge displays
* Sailors may not be receiving sufficient training to use the complex interfaces
* Throttle control confusion led to the McCain turning into another ship's path
* Physical throttles will be installed in all guided missile destroyers from next year

The US Navy plans to install mechanical throttles in their guided missile destroyers after touchscreen controls were met with overwhelming criticism from the fleet.

The complex interfaces — coupled with poor training — contributed to the collision between the U.S.S. John S. McCain and the oil tanker Alnic MC in August 2017.

Sailors at the navy destroyer's helm lost control of the ship, which sailed into the path of the tanker. The subsequent collision led to 10 fatalities and 58 injured.

The navy reported that the incident, off of the Singapore coast, flooded a number of compartments, 'including

crew berthing, machinery, and communications rooms.'

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