NYT's Is Inaccurate: Wounded USS John McCain Had Two Collisions w/i 24 Hours

Update: I heard Acorn or Swift speak barge in their recent public comments. I have been researching the barge comment to double check my post. I am having troubles finding it. Maybe it is misspeak. Here is the Navy Times misspeak about barges.  

 

Navy's 7th Fleet no stranger to high ops tempo

NavyTimes.com-Aug 21, 2017

The destroyer John S. McCain is shown moored pier side at Changi Naval Base ... when it sustained a collision with an oil barge three times its size. ... of the rumors surrounding the collision involving the USS John S. McCain

The wounded USS McCain hit a oil barge on the way to the pier. So that is five vessel collisions. 

Commander of Naval Fleet Relieved of Duty After Collisions

By ERIC SCHMITT and RICHARD C. PADDOCKAUG. 22, 2017 

Commander of Naval Fleet Relieved of Duty After Collisions

WASHINGTON — Two days after ordering a rare suspension of ship operations worldwide, the Navy relieved the commander of the fleet that had sustained four accidents in Asia and the deaths of more than a dozen sailors this year.