USS Fitzgerald, Fog, Deceit, Fishy Business
USS Fitzgerald – A Foggy Mystery By James E. Horn Was the USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) attacked? The more I learn about and study this, the more murky it gets. The USS Fitzgerald was struck on its starboard (right) side by a loaded Philippine flagged (Japanese owned) container ship, the ACX Crystal at sea on June 17th in heavily traveled sea lanes off of the coast of Japan, about 60-miles southwest of Yokosuka, Japan (80 +- miles from Tokyo Harbour. The warship ship is based at the American Navy’s base at Yokosuka. Seven American sailors were killed, the captain was crushed […]