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Title: Before the Navy's Tragic Fitzgerald Collision, the Crew Faced These Big Problems
Post by: rangerrebew on February 12, 2019, 11:27:35 am

Before the Navy's Tragic Fitzgerald Collision, the Crew Faced These Big Problems

9 Feb 2019
Military.com | By Gina Harkins

A new investigation into a deadly nighttime collision involving a U.S. Navy destroyer heading toward a secret mission in the South China Sea reveals several warning signs leading up to the tragic accident that took seven sailors' lives.

ProPublica, a nonprofit that produces investigative journalism, published a series of reports this week on the destroyer Fitzgerald's June 2017 collision with a cargo ship off the coast of Japan. Titled "Fight the ship: Death and valor on a warship doomed by its own Navy," the report reveals multiple troubling mistakes made by Navy leaders, some of which were previously undisclosed.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/02/09/navys-tragic-fitzgerald-collision-crew-faced-these-big-problems.html (https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/02/09/navys-tragic-fitzgerald-collision-crew-faced-these-big-problems.html)

Title: Re: Before the Navy's Tragic Fitzgerald Collision, the Crew Faced These Big Problems
Post by: thackney on February 12, 2019, 05:57:05 pm

Wow!  The referenced report is detailed and well worth reading.

https://features.propublica.org/navy-accidents/uss-fitzgerald-destroyer-crash-crystal/