... 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...
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.
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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Now, do my comments re "hawsepipe and anchor damage to the Fitzgerald" make better sense?
Thanks for the link. Good discussion over there.
Dang that thread was pulled. Maybe this thread superseded it?