NTSB 2020 Digest of Maritime Accident Investigations
The following is the National Transportation Safety Board recently released Safer Seas Digest 2020 that summarizes major maritime accidents and…
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 John McCain Back to Operations Almost 3 Years After Fatal Collision
The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) is resuming operations in 7th Fleet three years after a devastating collision killed 10…
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…
USS John S. McCain Back to Sea After Completing Repairs from Fatal 2017 Collision
USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) is back at sea after completing repairs from a fatal 2017 collision off the coast…
NTSB: Lack of Navy Oversight, Training Were Primary Causes of Fatal McCain Collision
Almost two years after the collision between a U.S. destroyer and a merchant ship off Singapore, the first in-depth independent…
NTSB Accident Report on Fatal 2017 USS John McCain Collision off Singapore
The following is the National Transportation Safety Board maritime accident report, Collision between US Navy Destroyer John S McCain and…
Navy Adding Fifth Amphib to Japan-Based Fleet for Operational Flexibility; 1 DDG Leaving Japan
This post has been updated to note that USS New Orleans would be the fifth amphibious ship forward-deployed to Japan. USS Germantown…