[TXnMA]

No, at lower right here

... is what tore the big hole in Fitzgerald's bottom...

But -- I do believe the hawespipe and anchor left their marks on the Fitzgerald!

Here's the big post on my analysis of damage to both ships -- and the conclusion I reached re the relative speeds of the ships at the instant of collision:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3563696/posts?page=127#127

Look on the lower left of the Fitzgerald damage for what you asked about...

[Presbyterian Reporter]

Do we know if this starboard photo of the Crystal was taken after the collision?

I do not believe it is, because the port photo of the Crystal taken after the collision the bulbous bow is underwater.

[TXnMA]

TXnMA, you are a big dummy!!!

I guess it's from "juggling too many balls at once", but, in my big post re "damage to both ships and their relative speeds", this "top-down vector sketch of both ships in collision position"

should have been this carefully analyzed and annotated image of the damage on the USS Fitzgerald!

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Mea Goofa!!! '-)

Now, do my comments re "hawsepipe and anchor damage to the Fitzgerald" make better sense?

[UCANSEE2]

Thanks for the link. Good discussion over there.

[Yaelle]

Dang that thread was pulled. Maybe this thread superseded it?