Head of Naval Reactors Appointed to Oversee Additional Disciplinary Action

United States Naval Institute ^ | November 1, 2017 | Sam LaGrone

[Retain Mike]

The admiral in charge of the Navy’s nuclear reactors program will oversee any additional punishments related to the fatal collisions of guided-missile destroyers USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) and USS John S. McCain (DDG-56), USNI News has learned.

Adm. James Caldwell was appointed by Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Moran on Monday as the “Consolidated Disposition Authority (CDA) for administrative and disciplinary actions related to the Fitzgerald and McCain collisions,” Navy spokesman Cmdr. Bill Speaks told USNI News.

“As CDA, Adm. Caldwell will review the evidence regarding causes of these collisions, and he will make a determination regarding what administrative or disciplinary actions are warranted, if any.”

[Retain Mike]

For folks following the USS Fitzgerald, USS John S. McCain collisions here is one of the five articles the U.S. Naval Institute published today and yesterday.