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Friday, 06/16/2017 9:57:15 PM

Friday, June 16, 2017 9:57:15 PM

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7 U.S. sailors missing after catastrophic collision

By: Jon Simkins and David Larter, June 16, 2017 (Photo Credit: ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images ))

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The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. about 50 nautical miles southwest of Yokosuka, Japan. The Fitzgerald suffered extensive damage above and beneath
the waterline when, according to U.S. officials, it struck the Philippine-flagged merchant vessel ACX Crystal, a ship that displaces nearly 40,000 tons
and is roughly the size of an amphibious assault ship such as the Wasp or Iwo Jima. That's more than four times the size of Fitzgerald.

https://www.navytimes.com/articles/us-navy-destroyer-collides-with-merchant-ship

How could a destroyer hit a ship four times it's size? Wonder what went wrong?

It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”

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