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

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 ...

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 ...