[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]

No, AFAIK, that photo of the very lightly laden ACX Crystal -- with the bulbous lower bow gloriously exposed -- was taken on a date prior to the accident.

But it surely gets the "point" across... '-)

I'm using a scaled, vectorized object of it in my "Z-Axis" vector analysis of the rolling and twisting I believe the Fitzgerald underwent during the collision...

(BTW, one of my first questions was, "How did the main deck of the low-slung Fitzgerald get raised high enough to cut that big slash through the stem of the Crystal?"

(Did the Crystal, at the last moment, hit reverse thrust -- causing its bow to "dive"?

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BTW, I agree with you -- in that I also expected more visible "scraping and dinging" on the bow protrusion -- but... WYSIWYG...

I guess anti-fouling paint is designed to be tough -- as, apparently, is that bow protrusion...