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Seven sailors missing on the USS Fitzgerald found dead
2017-06-18
[The Hill] All seven bodies of U.S. sailors who were unaccounted for after a Navy destroyer collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan on Saturday have been found dead.

The U.S. Navy said Saturday night that the crew members were found in a flooded compartment of the USS Fitzgerald, and are being taken to Naval Hospital Yokosuka to be identified.

"The families are being notified and being provided the support they need during this difficult time," the Navy said in a statement. "The names of the Sailors will be released after all notifications are made."

An official confirmed to CNN late Saturday that all seven missing had been found dead.
Posted by:Besoeker

#19  nice catch 3dc
Posted by: Frank G   2017-06-18 22:59  

#18  The container ship needs to be quarantined and nobody gets off, and the ship is guarded 24/7. We also need to have a team at the shipping company hq and find out what we can there. I do not have a nose like my dawg, but I can smell a rat halfway around the world.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2017-06-18 22:56  

#17  There's a lot of possibilities.

Again, we don't know, and we won't know until a board of inquiry is convened.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-06-18 22:40  

#16  I will bet you dollars to donuts that the container ship that hit the uss Fitzgerald was piloted by a NORK operative. The Fitzpatrick was part of the USS Ronald Reagan battle group. The Fitzgerald provides missile defense to the group. Some NORK ships need some limpet seacocks.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2017-06-18 21:59  

#15  American Thinker has a blog post on the deliberate ramming.

Story
Posted by: 3dc   2017-06-18 19:45  

#14  The only way this could have happened is if the Fitzgerald wasn't monitoring primary radar and the container ship was running without running lights and her transponder was off.

IOW, a premeditated and quite deliberate ramming.


Posted by: The peanut gallery   2017-06-18 16:27  

#13  Were the Filipino crew from South Philippine? That might be a clue.
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2017-06-18 16:21  

#12  Ehime Maru anyone?
Posted by: Procopius2k    2017-06-18 15:38  

#11  Thank you, Pappy.
Posted by: 11A5S   2017-06-18 14:46  

#10  The container ship was seen making a U-turn before the collision on some ship trackers, a move that has raised questions about what happened.

All of the ACX Crystal's 20-member Filipino crew were safe, according to Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen K.K., which operates the ship.

The Japanese coast guard questioned crew members of the ACX Crystal, and is treating the incident as a case of possible professional negligence, said Masayuki Obara, a regional coast guard official.
Posted by: Frank G   2017-06-18 14:37  

#9  Ay-Pee: "The damage to the destroyer suggests that the container ship, the ACX Crystal, might have slammed into it at a significant speed."

I stand corrected
Posted by: Frank G   2017-06-18 14:25  

#8  Plenty of time for investigation and inquiries. Top priority for now should be the families and loved ones of our brave departed sailors.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-06-18 13:23  

#7  Just how did they hit a slow-moving cargo ship?

From reports, it wasn't a "slow-moving cargo ship".

At 0230, the least of the least mans the helm.

Not really.

Wondering about the quality of the OD at the time of impact....failure to take dramatic action suggests paralyzed by indecision or totally unaware.

We won't know until a board of inquiry takes place. Otherwise this is all conjecture, semi-knowledgable and... otherwise.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-06-18 12:53  

#6  Wondering about the quality of the OD at the time of impact....failure to take dramatic action suggests paralyzed by indecision or totally unaware. Sadly, lives were lost and others have seen their career end by what wasn't done by the officer entrusted with lives and the ship.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2017-06-18 12:09  

#5  The Honda Point Disaster
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-06-18 11:26  

#4  At 0230, the least of the least mans the helm.
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-06-18 10:55  

#3  How did this happen?

56 miles off shore and hits another ship, and the US ship was in the wrong.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-06-18 10:20  

#2  At least they found them. The worst part is when they are lost at sea.
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-06-18 10:01  

#1  Just how did they hit a slow-moving cargo ship? Careers are over. RIP, the sailors deserved better
Posted by: Frank G   2017-06-18 09:51  

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