[meatloaf]

If you look at the hull of container ships there’s a below the waterline bulbous protrusion. The major damage to the Fitzgerald was below the waterline where it can’t be seen in the photos. The damage was due to simple physics.

[silverleaf]

It was still a nudge not a broadside at speed
Given the size of the container ship and the time it takes to slow down or change course of such a behemoth, the cargo ship must have already been correcting to starboard when they made contact

My guessing

[Daffynition]

Speaking of physics ....

The USS Abraham Lincoln in a *drifting* maneuver in trials off Norfolk.