Although United States ships have seen disaster in combat, there are a few non-combat incidents that have been just as ...

It was during this time that Allied pilots nicknamed her the “Ghost Ship of the Pacific.” ...

Among the injured is the USS Fitzgerald's commanding officer, who was taken to hospital by helicopter. The destroyer collided with the container ship about 56 nautical miles (104km) south-west of ...

The results of the U.S. Navy’s investigation into the USS Fitzgerald’s collision are analyzed here. In follow-on posts I will similarly analyze the USS John S. McCain investigation and the ...

The collision between the 8,261-ton USS Fitzgerald and the Philippine-flagged 29,060-ton container ship ACX Crystal occurred around 1:30 a.m. on June 17, 2017. According to the board’s report ...

An investigation into how the USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippine-registered container ship in the early hours of Saturday morning has begun. The ship's commanding officer was among three ...

The crew of the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald unveiled a commemorative flag honoring the Sailors who died in a collision in the Sea of Japan two years ago. The flag was designed by ...

The Navy has reportedly awarded Southwest Marine Inc. (SWM) a cost-plus-award-fee contract worth $11.6 million for Post Shakedown Availabilities (PSAs) for Aegis destroyers USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62 ...

Months later, the Antietam incident was largely overshadowed by two separate collisions involving the guided-missile destroyers USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain, which resulted in a combined ...

More recently, when the USS Fitzgerald was struck by a container ship in 2017, most of the crew were asleep. They swiftly sprung into action, however, and fought flooding and structural damage for ...

It's been just about two years since the twin collisions of the USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain with commercial vessels, and the Navy has made a wild discovery in its quest to improve ...

The US naval destroyer USS Fitzgerald came off second best in a collision with a large container vessel in seas off Japan. Seven sailors died when water flooded the living compartments of the USS ...