The destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with a cargo ship in the Sea of Japan in June, killing seven sailors. In August the USS McCain, another destroyer, collided with an oil tanker off the coast ...

WASHINGTON — The skipper of the USS Fitzgerald and two top sailors from the ship's leadership team will be relieved for losing "situational awareness" in the hours leading up to a fatal June ...

The network said that two officials from the Department of Defence said that there were multiple errors by the crew of the USS Fitzgerald that led to the collision in June. “They did nothing unt ...

Frank Caldwell. As the Two-Way reported: "In June, the USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippine-flagged container ship off Japan, leaving seven sailors dead in their berthing compartments.

The U.S. Navy is set to drop all criminal charges against two officers following the fatal collision that killed seven sailors aboard the USS Fitzgerald as the destroyer was on a secret mission.

So whatever else happened last Friday, 50-some miles at sea off the Japanese coast, the damage–control parties of USS Fitzgerald seem to have gotten it right. The brass called them heroes over ...

Five of the seven Navy sailors who died aboard the USS Fitzgerald when it collided with a cargo ship off the east coast of Japan may have been almost instantly "incapacitated" and died quickly ...