Latest "Fitzgerald collision" stories

The repaired and modernized U.S. warship Fitzgerald departed Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding division's Mississippi shipyard on June 13, 2020, en route for its new home port of San Diego.

Nearly three years after its fatal collision, the Fitzgerald heads for new home port

The warship left a Mississippi shipyard this weekend.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

3 years ago

Navy to allow ex-Fitz CO to retire at current rank

Cmdr. Bryce Benson will leave the Navy on Dec. 29.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

4 years ago

Former Fitz CO bound for Board of Inquiry

The Navy dropped criminal charges against Cmdr. Bryce Benson five months ago.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

4 years ago

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.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

5 years ago

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.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

5 years ago

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.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

5 years ago

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