USS Fitzgerald Leaves Mississippi Drydock After More Than a Year of Repairs
By: Sam LaGrone
April 16, 2019 7:28 PM • Updated: April 17, 2019 2:43 PM
After more than a year of repairs, the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) left a dry dock at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., Naval Sea Systems Command announced late Tuesday.
The destroyer was heavily damaged after a June 17, 2017 collision with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan that killed seven sailors.
Merchant ship ACX Crystal punched a hole in the amidships of the starboard side of the destroyer below the water line. The flared bow of the merchant ship crushed the superstructure of the ship. The subsequent flooding below decks caused extensive damage to the electrical systems.
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