Pearl Harbor ships and subs head to sea ahead of Lane
The Navy is bugging out of Pearl as Hurricane Lane approaches. Standard operating procedure for the Navy and major storms. Must be a cool site to watch from shore.
Navy ships and submarines based in Hawaii not undergoing maintenance have begun to depart Pearl Harbor as Hurricane Lane bears down on the state, Rear Adm. Brian Fort, commander of Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, announced this morning.
Ships that sortie, or exit the danger area, will be positioned to help respond after the storm, if needed, the Navy said.
“Based on the current track of the storm, we made the decision to begin to sortie the Pearl Harbor-based ships,” Fort said in a release. “This allows the ships enough time to transit safely out of the path of the storm.”