[diogenes ghost]

"Note that it hit the DDG square not a glancing blow."

Wrong...look at ACX bow...it WAS a port to starboard hit.

Had it been straight on the Fitz would now be an artificial reef.

[Mariner]

“Had it been straight on the Fitz would now be an artificial reef. “

Correct.

It would have cut her in half and sent her to the bottom with all aboard.