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NTSB 2020 Digest of Maritime Accident Investigations
The following is the National Transportation Safety Board recently released Safer Seas Digest 2020 that summarizes major maritime accidents and lessons learned including the 2017 collision of USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) off Japan and the collision of then-under construction USS Delbert Black (DDG-119).
From the report
The 42 marine accidents included in Safer Seas Digest 2020 involved contact with fixed objects, sinkings, collisions, fires, explosions, floodings, groundings, and capsizings. The...
https://news.usni.org/2021/08/25/ntsb-2020-digest-of-maritime-accident-investigations
IKE is Back: USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Wraps Up Back-to-Back Deployments
Sailors from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) man the rails as the carrier pulls into Naval Station Norfolk, Va., on July 18, 2021. USNI News Photo
ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER – The busiest aircraft carrier on the East Coast is back home after two grueling, back-to-back deployments that kept the ship on station in the Middle East for a total of seven and a half months.
Since USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) left for its first deployment on Feb. 20, 2020, the ship has...
Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Med After 3 Months in the Middle East
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) transiting the Suez Canal on July 1, 2021. US Navy Photo
The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is in the Mediterranean Sea, heading home after three months in the Middle East, Navy officials confirmed to USNI News.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) transited the Suez Canal from the Red Sea and entered the Mediterranean Sea on July 1. The carrier, its escorts and Carrier Air Wing 3 are expected to make a direct transit back to its homeport at Naval Station Norfolk,...
Japan-based USS Ronald Reagan Now in the Middle East to Cover Afghanistan Withdrawal
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), steams in the Indian Ocean on June 24, 2021. US Navy Photo
The Navy’s Japan-based carrier strike group is now operating in the North Arabian Sea to support the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the service announced on Friday.
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG-67) and guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG-97) crossed into U.S. 5th Fleet from 7th Fleet today.
“While in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, the Ronald Reagan CSG will...
Japan-based Carrier USS Ronald Reagan Will Make Rare Patrol to Middle East to Cover Afghanistan Withdrawal
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) steams off the coast of Iwo To on May 22, 2021. US Navy Photo
The American aircraft carrier based in Japan will make a rare deployment to U.S. Central Command to support the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan later this summer, two defense officials confirmed to USNI News on Wednesday.
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), its escorts and Carrier Air Wing 5 will replace USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) and its strike group as part of the movement of U.S. troops out of Afghanistan...
Carrier USS Ronald Reagan Leaves Japan Ahead of Spring Patrol
Sailors prepare to man the rails on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) as it departs Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, on May 19, 2021. US Navy Photo
The Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier left Japan to complete qualifications ahead of its spring patrol on Wednesday, U.S. Navy officials told USNI News.
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) and its escorts departed Naval Fleet Support Activity Yokosuka, Japan, on Wednesday as...
https://news.usni.org/2021/05/19/carrier-uss-ronald-reagan-leaves-japan-ahead-of-spring-patrol
NTSB: ‘Unexplained’ Course Change Was ‘A Critical Error’ in Fatal USS Fitzgerald Collision
Undated photo of USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) pierside in Japan shortly after accident. US Navy Photo
Federal investigators highlighted an “unexplained course change” by a U.S. guided-missile destroyer as “a critical error” that put the warship on the path to the fatal 2017 collision that would kill seven sailors, according to a new report released Thursday.
Eight minutes before the collision with the merchant ship ACX Crystal in a busy shipping lane off the coast of Japan, USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) –...
USS Fitzgerald Returns to Sea After Repairs Caused by Fatal 2017 Collision
USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) at Huntington Ingalls Industries Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard on April 16, 2019. US Navy Photo
After more than two years of repairs, guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) left the Mississippi coast for sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico, Navy officials announced on Monday.
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer departed the pier at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., at about 7:30 a.m. on Monday. It’s the first time Fitzgerald has been underway on its own power...
Top Stories 2019: Law, Policy and the Navy
This post is part of a series of review stories looking back at the top naval news from 2019.
The Gallagher Case, AftermathArguably no criminal case has changed the Navy more than the service’s troubled prosecution of Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward Gallagher.
After an investigation sparked from complaints from fellow SEALs, the service charged Gallagher “with murder, attempted murder and a string of other alleged war crimes,” as part of a deployment in 2017 with SEAL Team 7, reported Navy...
https://news.usni.org/2020/01/02/top-stories-2019-law-policy-and-the-navy