LOL, I am not going to set anyone straight! (Finally able to surf FR again!)
But in looking at that picture from that angle, it sure does look like structural pieces on the Fitzgerald were displaced downward and forward from the downward motion of the Crystal’s hull.
Wow. I heard that hole was something like 12 feet high by 17 feet long...I just paced it off on the floor-that is a massive hole for a ship that size. Pretty amazing she didn’t sink.
Regardless of the apparent softness of the navy personnel, they still make those ships tough up in BIW...
It may be difficult to visualize, but Navy ships like the Fitzgerald generally heel to the opposite side they're turning. Assuming the Fitz was trying to avoid the Crystal (far too late) by turning away from her (to port), her starboard side would have been lower; i.e., closer to the the water. But a strike from the Crystal's bulbous bow would have lifted the Fitz's hull and starboard superstructure right into the top of the Crystal's bow.
The damage to the Fitz, and the scuffs on the Crystal's bow are consistent with this description. I suspect if you looked below the waterline at the Crystal, the bulbous bow would show the same.