In a surprise move during a Tuesday hearing in a Washington Navy Yard courtroom, defense attorneys representing Lt. Natalie Combs held up a new piece of evidence that might exonerate her at her upcoming court-martial trial. It’s a photograph — a still image captured from digital footage recorded by an aft Vertical Launching System camera […]
Worse Than You Thought: Inside the Secret USS Fitzgerald Probe the Navy Doesn’t Want You to Read…
FLASHBACK: ‘Water on Deck!’ ‘Get Out!’–The Navy’s Official Report of the USS Fitzgerald’s Catastrophe at Sea…
Former Fitzgerald, McCain COs Face Negligent Homicide, Dereliction of Duty Charges over Fatal Collisions…
The commanders of the two guided-missile destroyers that were involved in fatal collisions with merchant ships in 2017 will face military criminal charges that include dereliction of duty, hazarding a vessel and negligent homicide, USNI News has learned. Cmdr. Bryce Benson, former commander of USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), along with three Fitzgerald junior officers, face a […]
Bridge, Crewmembers’ Errors Led to Deaths Aboard 2 Navy Destroyers…
The two collisions that killed a combined 17 sailors aboard the destroyers USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain resulted from sailors not following procedures and lack of communication between officers and the rest of the ship, a Navy report released Wednesday concluded. Watch-standers aboard USS Fitzgerald were not paying attention to the right-hand side […]
Navy Relieves Senior Fitzgerald Leaders After ‘Avoidable’ Deadly Collision…
Escape From Berthing 2: The Navy’s Dramatic Timeline Of The USS Fitzgerald’s Fatal Collision…
On Aug. 17, the Navy released the preliminary results of its investigation into the June 17 collision between the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Fitzgerald and Philippine-flagged container ship ACX Crystal that left seven sailors dead. The report provides minute-by-minute details of the horror that unfolded aboard the Fitzgerald after…
The Leaked Statement from the ACX Crystal’s Captain Is an Easily Disproven Lie…
Tim Kelly of Reuters reports that Captain Ronald Advincula of the AXC Crystal (IMO:9360611) made a statement to the ships’s owner, Dainichi Investment Corporation, in which he stated (not a direct quote of Ronald Advincula): “The container ship steered hard to starboard (right) to avoid the warship, but hit the Fitzgerald 10 minutes later at […]
Freighter Was on Autopilot When it Hit U.S. Destroyer…
The deadly collision between a U.S. destroyer and a container ship June 17 took place while the freighter was on autopilot, according to Navy officials. The Philippines-flagged cargo ship ACX Crystal was under control of a computerized navigation system that was steering and guiding the container vessel, according to officials familiar with preliminary results of […]
Was the USS Fitzgerald Rammed Deliberately? More and More Are Asking…
The Navy is being tight-lipped about releasing very many details as to what caused a civilian container ship to slice into a U.S. destroyer just 56 nautical miles off the sprawling Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan. We can understand the Pentagon’s reluctance to say much while an investigation is under way, but the Navy Public […]