USS Fitzgerald

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The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald in a collision with a Philippine-flagged container ship.
Damage was on the Starboard side. She could have foundered, or even sunk, but for the crew's desperate efforts to save the ship.
Maritime rules suggest vessels are supposed to give way to ships on their starboard.
USS Fitzgerald 8,315-ton vs. Container Ship 29,000 tons carrying 1,080 containers.

7 souls lost, RIP.

How could this happen?

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