· The Path of the Container Ship That Struck a U.S. Navy Destroyer By FORD FESSENDEN and DEREK WATKINS UPDATED June 19th at 6:50 a.m. The Japanese Coast Guard is trying to determine why a large...
The bulbous bow of the merchant ship collision pierced Fitzgerald's hull below the waterline and flooded an enlisted berthing area, drowning the seven sailors. The flared bow of Crystal ripped open the superstructure of the destroyer at the commander's cabin and left CO Cmdr.
Early on 17 June 2017, the United States Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with MV ACX Crystal, a Philippine-flagged container ship, about 80 nautical miles (150 kilometres; 92 miles) southwest of Tokyo, Japan; 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) southeast of the city of Shimoda on the Japanese mainland (Honshu).
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At about 4:30 a.m., the ship resumed its eastward course, eventually docking in Tokyo in the afternoon. The Fitzgerald was towed by tugboats to Yokosuka, where it is based. The ACX Crystal, with damaged bow. Japan's 3rd Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, via Associated Press.
The Japanese Coast Guard said that at about 1:30 a.m. the ship struck the U.S.S. Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald off the coast of Japan on Saturday. Seven sailors were killed.
The collision tore a gash below the Fitzgerald's waterline, sending water gushing into several compartments and killing seven sailors in what was the greatest loss of life on a US Navy vessel since the USS Cole was bombed in Yemen's Aden harbour in 2000.
The investigations will examine witness testimony and electronic data to determine how a naval destroyer fitted with sophisticated radar could be struck by a vessel more than three times its size.
The damaged USS Fitzgerald is being towed by a tugboat in the waters near the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, after the U.S. destroyer collided with the Philippine-registered container ship ACX Crystal in the waters off the Izu Peninsula Saturday, June 17, 2017. The USS Fitzgerald and the Philippine-flagged container ship MV ACX ...
The containership suffered damage to her bow and port side forward. This is relatively minor hull damage and should result in modest costs or repair and delay or detention damage. On the other hand, the Fitzgerald has suffered substantial physical damage. Its hull is damaged and perhaps warped or the keel broken.
ACX Crystal continued that course for the next four nautical miles during approximately 12 minutes before reaching a point 11 nautical miles west of the northwest corner of Toshima. That appears to be the location of ACX Crystal’s collision with Fitzgerald.
The US Navy has not yet announced plans to replace Fitzgerald while the ship is being repaired. Now, almost a month after the casualty, the public has seen few details about the navigational situation except for the electronic navigation track of ACX Crystal that was transmitted ashore contemporaneously.
The port bow of the containership, particularly its bulbous bow and its port anchor, came into contact with the starboard side of the destroyer opening three compartments to the sea and heavily damaging the deck structure aft of the bridge above the main deck.
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USS Fitzgerald. USS. Fitzgerald. USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), named for United States Navy officer Lieutenant William Charles Fitzgerald, is an Arleigh Burke -class destroyer in the US Navy. In the early morning hours of 17 June 2017, the ship was involved in a collision with the container ship MV ACX Crystal, seriously damaging the destroyer.
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The injured include the ship's commanding officer and two sailors. Within a day of the collision, investigations were begun by the United States Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, Japanese Coast Guard, Japan Transport Safety Board, and the insurers of the Crystal.
on 17 June 2017, Fitzgerald collided with ACX Crystal, a Philippine-flagged container ship measured at 29,060 gross tons and almost 40,000 tons deadweight. Most of Fitzgerald ' s crew of about 300 were asleep at the time. The collision occurred about 56 nautical miles (104 kilometres; 64 miles) southwest of her homeport of Yokosuka, Japan.
She sailed with the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, the cruiser Shiloh, and the destroyers Barry, McCampbell, and Mustin, joined by the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson, cruiser Lake Champlain, and destroyers Wayne E. Meyer and Michael Murphy, and Japanese ships Hyūga and Ashigara .
On 16 November 2011, while docked in Manila, Philippines, Fitzgerald hosted US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario to sign the Manila Declaration, which called for multilateral talks to resolve maritime disputes and to mark the 60th anniversary of the American–Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty.
In March 2011, in company with the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, Fitzgerald was deployed off northeastern Honshu, Japan, to assist with relief efforts after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. USS Fitzgerald fires a missile.