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a covert operation involving the other ship resulted in a collisionUs navy transporting "ISIS" troops around the globe?
As of this time, there have been two patients requiring medical evacuation. One was Cmdr. Bryce Benson, Fitzgerald's commanding officer, who was transferred to U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka and is reportedly in stable condition. A second MEDEVAC is in progress. Other injured are being assessed[Link]
I look forward to being with my Fitzgerald family in support of future missions and exercises. This is the best ship and the best crew on the waterfront, hands down!” said Benson, according to the release. “I am proud to work alongside the Navy’s best and brightest men and women who protect and support the Pacific region and our allies.”Best ship and best crew ... and you hit a tanker?
At around 29,000 tons displacement, the ACX Crystal containership ship dwarfs the 8,315-ton U.S. warship, and was carrying 1,080 containers from the port of Nagoya to Tokyo.After the collision, the tanker carried on it's way to Tokyo under its own power
The ship’s captain, Commander Bryce Benson, was asleep when the accident happened and his cabin was destroyed by the impact at 2.30am on SaturdayWhat are the odds of the captain's cabin being destroyed in a collision?
Given what some have done with cars in Europe, what a feather in the cap it would be to sink a U.S. Navy warship. Think on that
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