Article snippet: Posted at 2:00 pm on June 19, 2017 by streiff In the early morning hours of Saturday (approximately 1:30 a.m. Tokyo time), the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) was involved in a collision with the Philippines registered container ship, ACX Crystal. As was to be expected, the Fitzgerald (Fitzgerald: 505-ft long, displacing 8,900 tons vs ACZ Crystal: 730-ft long, displacing 29,000 tons) got the worse of the encounter. The Fitzgerald suffered seven dead from the sudden and catastrophic flooding of a berthing area that caught sailors asleep. The Fitzgerald’s crew stabilized the situation and limped into Yokosuka under reduced power. Though early reports stated that the Fitzgerald collided with the ACX Crystal that is only true in an abstract sense. The Crystal struck the Fitzgerald amidships. Both ships carried anti-collision warning gear but the track of the ACX Crystal is causing some questions: Via New York Times This is the sharp turn the New York Times refers to: The incident is under investigation by the US Navy and by Japanese authorities. It will be interesting to see what is finally revealed. Link to the full article to read more