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Fitz Reaches Mississippi For Repairs, Navy Expects Two Years To Finish

Fitz Reaches Mississippi For Repairs, Navy Expects Two Years To Finish
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) returns to Fleet Activities (FLEACT) Yokosuka following a collision with a merchant vessel while operating southwest of Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter Burghart/Released.

The heavily damaged USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) arrived in Pascagoula, Miss. on Jan. 19, where it will undergo repairs and upgrades at a  Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] shipyard.The ship, loaded aboard the heavy lift vessel MV Transself, is expected to spend “several days” in the Port of Pascagoula as the vessel starts the reverse operations of unfastening, lowering, and guiding the Fitzgerald off the platform. DDG-62 will then be taken to its designated pier space at the HII shipyard.The Navy destroyer was…

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