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?[/QUOTE
There should be a ships log all activity course changes , anything in the ships movements and watch changes are loged.
Yes all Naval ships run lights. The only time I remember running dark was off the coast of Nam.