NHK has video showing the damage to the Fitzgerald. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20170617/k10011020981000.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/latest-us-navy-ship-collides-ship-off-japan-222317703.html USS Fitzgerald: missing sailors found dead in flooded area of ship | US military | The Guardian ht…

struck on its starboard side I see [image] now where have we seen this before?

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:138.9/centery:34.8/zoom:9?utm_content=buffera7fbb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer [image]

What we know: Two ships, both heading towards Tokyo Bay collide on a clear night with good visibility. From the AIS we know that the ACX Crystal was steaming at 18.5 kts on a heading of 068 degr. Exact speed and heading of the USS Fitzgerald is not known. (AIS switched off??) (It may be assumed t…

the likelihood is that this was a near overtaking situation where the ACX CRYSTAL was approaching the FITZGERALD from the latter’s starboard quarter at a relative angle of approach just ahead of 135deg. too many noobs think a passing situation only involves approach of another vessel from ahead of …

[image] ombugge: PS> If the above MarineTraffic plot represent the course and speed of the USS Fitzgerald we may have the answer of who to blame, but not why a fast and maneuverable warship could not avoid collision with a large container ship on an apparent converging course, even if they had t…

I read somewhere that USN ships do not broadcast AIS data, or at least they rarely do so. They definitely have the ability to receive AIS though (see page 147).

I’ve been told they have pretty advanced AIS units that include a bunch of special features like the ability to transmit fake targets. They also have the ability to transmit a normal signal but that’s at the discretion of the captain and is often left off because AIS signals can now be tracked by p…

We will not know if it was an overtaking situation or crossing situation until the VDR data from the container ship is examined. Both vessels are at fault, there’s no way you can be traveling at a safe speed according to the regulations and have a collision simply by the wording of the Nav. Rules th…

AIS is a great tool, but AIS or no AIS whatever organization does the investigation will be able to get a fairly clear picture of what transpired if there’s a half-way decent voyage data recorder on the container ship.

[image] rmurphy1966: There’s an indication of a hard starboard turn by the container vessel in one news report I tead that report too and it came from the AIS data which clearly shows that at 16:30 UTC the Containership altered course to starboard. What is not clear is the exact time of the c…

USS Fitzgerald collides with ACX Crystal off coast of Japan

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c.captain June 17, 2017, 3:57am 2

struck on its starboard side I see

now where have we seen this before?

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USS Fitzgerald collides with ACX Crystal off coast of Japan

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