Navy has released a report on the McCain and Fitzgerald collisions.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/CHINFO/USS+Fitzgerald+and+USS+John+S+McCain+Collision+Reports.pdf
http://www.vesselofinterest.com/2017/06/the-leaked-statement-from-acx-crystals.html
Interesting to note that the track they publish for the Crystal is actually way different than what the internet /AIS calls out. The internet shows the ship making one turn prior to the collision from a heading of 88 to a heading of 70 consistent with the damm thing driving straight down the middle of its lane in the traffic separation scheme.
The Navy version shows the Crystal all over the place. It seems the Navy is using the track they developed off their radar data.
Report confesses that Fitz wasn't listening to AIS, They saw it 11 miles out but still managed to hit it.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/CHINFO/USS+Fitzgerald+and+USS+John+S+McCain+Collision+Reports.pdf
http://www.vesselofinterest.com/2017/06/the-leaked-statement-from-acx-crystals.html
Interesting to note that the track they publish for the Crystal is actually way different than what the internet /AIS calls out. The internet shows the ship making one turn prior to the collision from a heading of 88 to a heading of 70 consistent with the damm thing driving straight down the middle of its lane in the traffic separation scheme.
The Navy version shows the Crystal all over the place. It seems the Navy is using the track they developed off their radar data.
Report confesses that Fitz wasn't listening to AIS, They saw it 11 miles out but still managed to hit it.