If the contact was perpendicular, why wasn't damage distributed on both sides of the ACX Crystal's bow?
For that matter, Why wasn't the bow, itself, damaged?
I'm not even going to attempt to discuss evidence of vertical-motion damage with you ...
I hadn’t seen that image of the ACX Chrystall’s bow section. Good find. The strike was not perpendicular. I am not good at finding such images. Does it suggest a turn to port (left turn) by the USS Fitzgerald to avoid the collision?