NTSB: ‘Unexplained’ Course Change Was ‘A Critical Error’ in Fatal USS Fitzgerald Collision
Federal investigators highlighted an “unexplained course change” by a U.S. guided-missile destroyer as “a critical error” that put the warship…
USS Fitzgerald Returns to Sea After Repairs Caused by Fatal 2017 Collision
This post has been updated to clarify where USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) was built. The destroyer was constructed at Bath Iron…
Top Stories 2019: Law, Policy and the Navy
This post is part of a series of review stories looking back at the top naval news from 2019.…
Former USS Fitzgerald CO Benson to Retire as Commander Next Month
The former commander of a guided-missile destroyer that was involved in a fatal collision in 2017 will retire at his…
Former USS Fitzgerald CO Outlines Defense in Rebuttal to SECNAV
The former commander of USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) is pushing back against a rebuke from the Secretary of the Navy, disputing…
USS Fitzgerald Leaves Mississippi Drydock After More Than a Year of Repairs
After more than a year of repairs, the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) left a dry dock at Ingalls Shipbuilding…
USS Fitzgerald CO, Junior Officer Receive Formal Censure Ahead of Dismissal of Negligence Charges
Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer has issued formal letters of censure to the former commander and tactical action…
Navy Set to Drop All Criminal Charges Against Fitzgerald CO, Junior Officer; SECNAV Will Issue Letters of Censure
The Navy plans to drop all criminal charges against two officers for their roles in the 2017 fatal collision of…
Board Finds ‘No Basis’ to Remove Officer Involved in USS Fitzgerald Collision from Navy
A board of inquiry moved not to separate from service a sailor who the Navy had previously charged with negligent homicide for…
Military Judge Disqualifies Naval Reactors Director Caldwell from Overseeing Fitzgerald CO Trial
A military judge has disqualified Director of Naval Reactors Adm. Frank Caldwell from overseeing the upcoming negligence trial of the…