USS Fitzgerald

[painter777]

Surely they'd have some type of Alarm for any impending collision or the like.
Was any type of alarm or bell, whistle or what ever set off or pulled?
Why were sailors still asleep below deck?
Sounds like even the Commander was in his cabin which was destroyed.
Was he asleep also? Shouldn't he have been told about a close/near passing?
I wasn't Navy and don't know all procedures, but this all leads me to believe there was no on board warning that all aboard would/could hear.
He (Commander Benson) was injured and airlifted by a Japanese Coast Guard helicopter.
Some reports I read all vary on how long he commanded the Fitzgerald. Some say just since this past May (meaning just over a month~) Some say for a little more than one year.


My Daughter called me today with a Happy Fathers day greeting. I brought up this accident with her, to see if she knew anyone on the Fitzgerald, which was a negative, but did mention a fellow Corpsman who is on the Lake Champlain and had a collision last month.
I looked it up after the call to find this: May 2017 the 568 foot USS Lake Champlain a guided-missile cruiser hit a 60 to 70 foot South Korean fishing boat, near the Korean peninsula but no injuries were reported.

Conspiracy thought............. What if that Flagged South Korean fishing vessel was really a North Korean boat full of explosives...... aka a floating IED !

What the Hell is going on at this time that we are building up our Naval Forces for the Chinese and North Korean threats ?

Again Prayers for the families of those lost.

Charlie-Painter777

P.S. Want to add: With as busy as that water way is, I'd be lite up like the 4th of July letting every one know I was there.