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To: jonrick46
"This gives a good picture of the collision:"

I disagree. Based on the damage to the two vessels, I estimate they were on almost parallel (but converging) courses, with the cargo carrier having a slightly higher speed (overtaking).

Also, for a 17:29Z collision, the orange circle should be centered between the "n" and the "o" in "knots", in the dark blue label above...

75 posted on 06/19/2017 11:16:35 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's alias. "Islam": Allah's assassins. "Moderate Muslims": Islam's useful idiots.)
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To: TXnMA

The reports say the ACX Crystal suffered from an impact on the left or port side of its bow. From what I see of the USS Fitzgerald, the ACX was travailing at a perpendicular angle into its starboard side. The destroyer might have been like someone trying to get across a busy street, thinking it could get out of the way of the oncoming cars in time — in this case, a miscalculation.


76 posted on 06/19/2017 11:25:37 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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