[Paladin2]

looks like the Fitz was dead in the water at the time of the collision.

[doorgunner69]

looks like the Fitz was dead in the water at the time of the collision.

I wonder about that and navy regulations for a ship at sea.

Not a swabbie, but did spend a night offshore San Diego on the CG-49 Valley Forge. Doing some EMC frequency collection.

That thing never stopped moving all night. Top heavy as it was, it rolled like hell at slow speeds. Was told they had to maintain "steerage" speed at all times.

Officer whose stateroom that I was assigned to for the night had a great time watching me bounce off the walls. Might have been him explained the rolling and why.

[TXnMA]

"looks like the Fitz was dead in the water at the time of the collision."

It might be a good idea for you to read this earlier post of mine: Damage analysis: the Fitzgerald was moving at higher speed than the ACX Crystal was..

If, after reading it, you still believe the Fitz was sitting still, please enlighten me.

~~~~~~~~~

I have no dog in this fight; just using my analytical abilities to extract as much intelligence from the limited available information as possible...