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Judge dismisses Fitzgerald lawsuit
The lawsuit sought damages from the company that chartered the container ship that struck the U.S. destroyer in 2017.
Here’s the Fitzgerald CO’s side of the story
Cmdr. Bryce Benson defended his tenure on the warship before its 2017 collision killed seven shipmates.
Stricken warship Fitzgerald returns to the water
The guided-missile destroyer left dry dock this week, Navy officials said.
In the aftermath of the Fitzgerald collision, months of legal fury end in a whimper
Questions continue about whether missteps by senior Navy leaders helped to scuttle the criminal cases against two officers of the doomed destroyer.
Did loose lockers doom the Fitzgerald seven?
Three survivors of the Fitzgerald collision echo a secret Navy report into the fatal 2017 disaster about the potentially lethal problem caused by dislodged lockers blocking escape routes. But it remains unclear what the Navy has done to fix it.
Say it ain’t so, CNO! Do more unlawful command influence woes dog Fitz cases?
Attorneys tell Navy Times that a widely-shared op-ed assigning blame in the 2017 collision could become legal ammo for defense lawyers.
Mystery Navy tweeter unmasked in court filings alleging unlawful command influence
Prosecutors say that any damage to their court-martial case against a lieutenant can be mitigated later by a military judge.
Report: lack of a senior quartermaster contributed to Fitz disaster
A secret Navy report into the 2017 disaster that killed seven sailors found the warship had been without the vital watchstander since 2015.
Second Fleet is becoming operational — what does that mean for you?
Expect new roles for foreign officers, U.S. Navy reservists, an emphasis on expeditionary operations and a fierce determination to patrol Atlantic and Arctic waters.
By Mark D. Faram
Photo emerges that might exonerate Fitz defendant
What it reveals is something that hasn’t surfaced in any of the Navy’s publicly-released probes or even a secret military “dual-purpose” investigation obtained by Navy Times and completed 41 days after the tragedy.
By Carl Prine