USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), named for United States Navy officer Lieutenant William Charles Fitzgerald, is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer in the US Navy. In the early morning hours of 17 June 2017, the ship was involved in a collision with the container ship MV ACX Crystal, seriously damaging the destroyer. Seven of her crew ...

SAN DIEGO – The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) is one step closer to operational tasking, after successfully completing a five-day Re-Integration Material...

Feb 9, 1993 · USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight I) guided missile destroyer, laid down by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine 9 Feb. 1993; launched 29 Jan. 1994; and commissioned 14 Oct....

Sep 3, 2020 · The collision of Fitzgerald – and the subsequent collision of USS John McCain (DDG-56) with a merchant tanker off Singapore on Aug. 20, 2017, that killed 10 sailors – resulted in the removal ...

USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) USS FITZGERALD is the twelfth ARLEIGH BURKE - class guided missile destroyer and the first ship in the Navy named after Lieutenant William Charles Fitzgerald. General Characteristics:

The Fitzgerald (DDG 62) was christened on January 29, 1994, at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, and was commissioned on October 14, 1995, at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island.

USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62): is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight I) guided missile destroyer, laid down by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine 9 Feb. 1993; launched 29 Jan. 1994; and commissioned 14 Oct. 1995 in Newport, R.I.

Oct 14, 2018 · DDG-62 General Specifications. Named for: Lieutenant William Charles Fitzgerald. Complement: 33 Officers and 258 Enlisted. Length: 505 feet . Beam: 66 feet . Draft: 31 feet . Flank Speed: 30+ knots

Jun 17, 2022 · PHILIPPINE SEA – Five years after the collision that took the lives of seven Sailors, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and her crew held a remembrance ...

Jun 17, 2018 · Last year’s fatal collisions of guided-missile destroyers USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) and USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) began a chain of investigations, accountability actions and reform efforts.