Navy finds heroes and faults in the disastrous collision of a destroyer with a tanker

Navy Times:
Fitzgerald’s CO and sailors standing watch face discipline in fatal collision
When you read the story of the survivors it is pretty silent on what those on watch were doing in the lead-up to the collision other than not being are of the danger until it was too late to maneuver to avoid it.   The report indicates that those on watch will face "nonjudicial" punishment, which means the public may never know exactly how they failed to see the disaster approaching them.

You can read the heroic effort to save the crew and the ship in this piece:

“Water on deck!” “Get out!” — The Navy's official report of the Fitzgerald's catastrophe at sea

Sailors had less than a minute to escape as seawater blasted through a massive hole in the destroyer Fitzgerald after a container ship struck its starboard side on June 19.
It is a long piece but it is as gripping as a good novel.

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