Two US Navy destroyers were involved in fatal collisions in 2017. Seven sailors died after the USS Fitzgerald struck a cargo ship off Japan in June that year, and 10 sailors were killed when the ...

No information was immediately available about how the collision occurred or how badly the merchant vessel was damaged.

Safety issues identified in this accident included the following: A few weeks earlier, on June 17, 2017, the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with the Philippine-flagged container ship ...

What really happened and why? We supposedly learned this when USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and USS McCain (DDG 56) experienced major collisions. In both cases, it was determined that responsibility lay ...

USS Fitzgerald (2017): Collided with the container ship ACX Crystal near Japan, causing seven fatalities and multiple injuries. USS John S. McCain (2017): Collided with the tanker Alnic MC in the ...

In 2017, two aircraft carriers struck cargo ships, first in June of that year when the USS Fitzgerald collided with a cargo ship off Japan. Two months later, 10 sailors were killed when the USS ...