‘Baffling’ Course Change Causes Navy Ship Containership Collision

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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its final report into the collision between the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald and the boxship ACX Crystal on June 17, 2017.

The accident badly damaged Fitzgerald and killed seven members of her crew.

The Incident
  • On June 16, USS Fitzgerald left her homeport of Yokosuka, Japan, bound for the Philippines.
  • In the early hours of the following morning, Fitzgerald was traveling southbound at about 22 knots in the bay of Sagami Nada,...

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