In June 2017, the USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), a destroyer ... home of the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet. The collision resulted in the deaths of seven sailors. Several factors were blamed for the ...

The U.S. Navy has dismissed the commander of its 7th Fleet from duty, following the second deadly ship collision in less than three months.

The service is now turning to data to ensure it never has another Fitzgerald or McCain disaster again. Dozens of McCain sailors and relatives of the 10 shipmates who died in the collision last ...

The shock collision occurred late Wednesday evening ... first in June of that year when the USS Fitzgerald collided with a cargo ship off Japan. Two months later, 10 sailors were killed when ...

It was the second major collision in the past few months involving the Navy’s 7th Fleet. Seven sailors died in June when the USS Fitzgerald and a container ship collided in waters off Japan.