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USS Fitzgerald Collides With Philippine Container Ship, Causes Severe Damage

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USS Fitzgerald Collides With Philippine Container Ship, Causes Severe Damage
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 USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, collided with a merchant container ship about 56 nautical miles from Yokosuka, Japan on Friday, causing “severe damage” to the destroyer and the death of seven crewmembers.The event occurred the early morning after midnight hours Japan time and the afternoon EDT in a busy shipping lane when the Fitzgerald collided with the Philippine-flagged merchant vessel ACX Crystal. The Crystal is over three times as massive as the Fitzgerald.Various U.S. Navy and Japanese…

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