USS Fitzgerald

Why would the Navy say it would take up to a year to close the case? JHC, look a the black box of both ships. Dataloggers, whatever they use to document their movements. Were the course changed done by the bridge or by the GPS autopilot? 0130-0230 in the morning, do destroyers run with running lights? Look at the bridge of the Crystal, how far ahead can they see looking over those containers? Could they possible miss seeing the Fitz if it were running dark?

Why? To get the most complete picture of responsibility and (the ability to avoid this in the future) lessons learned. More than a few people (surface sailors onboard the Fitzgerald) are responsible. There is an entire team onboard the bridge/control, look outs, Officer of the Deck, etc. Shameful.