# USS Fitzgerald Editorial - gCaptain has stirred the hornets nest

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/uss-fitzgerald-editorial-gcaptain-has-stirred-the-hornets-nest/45227>\
**Category:** Marine Incidents\
**Created:** [June 23, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/uss-fitzgerald-editorial-gcaptain-has-stirred-the-hornets-nest/45227 "2017-06-23T18:58:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![john](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/john/32/5_2.png) [@john](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/john)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/uss-fitzgerald-editorial-gcaptain-has-stirred-the-hornets-nest/45227/1 "2017-06-23T18:58:13Z")

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My gCaptain editorial on the USS Fitzgerald sparked a firestorm of both negative comments (mostly from US Navy officers) and praise (mostly from mariners and journalists)… making it THE single most controversial article I’ve ever written. Here is my official response:

[Why The USS Fitzgerald Is At Fault, Part 2 – Questions And Answers](http://gcaptain.com/uss-fitzgerald-fault-part-2-questions-answers/)

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