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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

McCain and USS Fitzgerald. Both vessels were based in Japan for more than a decade when they separately collided with commercial vessels in 2017. Jonathan Snyder is a reporter at Marine Corps Air ...

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 ...