If it was an attack, it was a failure, insofar as the Fitzgerald made it to port.
Hardly a total “failure” in jihadist terms, 7 US sailors are dead and a major warship is sidelined for a year or more.
But I am skeptical of the claims of an attack. Someone on another thread argued persuasively that with the revised/corrected timescale, the maneuverings of the cargo ship were AFTER the collision, not before. Still wouldn’t explain how a US Navy destroyer allowed itself to be in a collision with a large cargo vessel, but we will have to see what the real facts are....
7 sailors died. From a jihadi point of view that’s a win.