Navy Names Lead Investigator in USS Fitzgerald Collision
Rear Adm. Brian Fort has been chosen to lead a Navy investigation into the collision that killed seven USS Fitzgerald sailors off the Japanese coast,
Stars and Stripes | 23 Jun 2017 | by Tyler Hlavac
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Rear Adm. Brian Fort will lead a Navy investigation into the collision that killed seven USS Fitzgerald sailors off the Japanese coast, a 7th Fleet statement said Friday.
The accident between the destroyer and the Philippine-flagged ACX Crystal cargo ship happened about 2:30 a.m. June 17, about 64 miles southwest of Yokosuka Naval Base near the Izu Peninsula, a Navy statement said.
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