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Early on 17 June 2017, the United States Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with MV ACX Crystal, a Philippine-flagged container ship, about 80 nautical miles (150 kilometres; 92 miles) southwest of Tokyo, Japan; [3] [4] 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) southeast of the city of Shimoda on the Japanese mainland ().
USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer currently in the service of the United States Navy. She is part of the Destroyer Squadron 23 within the Third Fleet, and has her homeport at Naval Station Everett in Everett, Washington. The destroyer was involved in a collision with the tanker ship Alnic MC on ...
By 27 August, U.S. Navy and United States Marine Corps divers had recovered the remains of all ten sailors. [11] On 12 September 2017, the United States' chargé d'affaires Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath expressed thanks for Singapore's support during the SAR operations. [12] The McCain returned to service in June 2020. [13]
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale during a transit from the South China Sea to the Philippine Sea in 2021. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman ...
Two US Navy destroyers came under attack by the Houthis on Monday. The Iran-backed rebels fired a mix of anti-ship missiles and exploding drones. The US military defeated all the threats, a ...
USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) This is a list of destroyers of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number.It includes all of the series DD, DL, DDG, DLG, and DLGN. CG-47 Ticonderoga and CG-48 Yorktown were approved as destroyers (DDG-47 and DDG-48) and redesignated cruisers before being laid down; it is uncertain whether CG-49 Vincennes and CG-50 Valley Forge were ever authorized as destroyers ...
The US Navy said it fired a warship captain last month due to "a loss of confidence" in his ability to lead. An investigation shows he was removed after his destroyer had a near-miss in the Middle ...
USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), named for United States Navy officer Lieutenant William Charles Fitzgerald, is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer in the US Navy. In the early morning hours of 17 June 2017, the ship was involved in a collision with the container ship MV ACX Crystal , seriously damaging the destroyer.