“As for the ship, five days after collision active damage control efforts are ongoing to prevent further damage to the hull. The force of Crystal’s impact combined with the flood not only dented but twisted the ship’s hull. Crews are continuing to pump water in and out of the ship to keep Fitzgerald stable.”
If the article is accurate in its description of the level of damage the crew should be considered for a Navy Unit Commendation (NUC) for saving the vessel. This is really massive damage. If the keel has been broken it’s not beyond the realm of possibility that the ship could end up being declared a constructive loss.
there is out there a suggestion that the USS Fitzgerald was subjected to an EMP attack by the container ship. - There was one rumor that...the RUssians did it. That said, there was a recent event, only a couple months ago, where an American ship patrolling in the Black Sea was hit by an EMP-style attack by a Russian jet.
The main contention is that the one hour lag in reporting the collision was due to loss of power from the attack. You decide.
I am curious about the image showing the diagram at the website. I think someone would get in hot water for taking that image if they find out who took it.
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My initial guess is that the nature of the damage is going to doom the Fitz.
It’ll probably get scrapped because facilities do not exist to reshape the hull.
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