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Originally Posted by pavulon View Post
I'm reading that the container ship was ACX Crystal is 732 ft long and the USS Fitzgerald is 505 ft. So not apples and apples but not apples and hippos either...
Apples to Hippos?

Fitz is about 8k tons

ACX is about 64k tons loaded.

The pic of the ACX shows some paint damage and bent rail, above waterline, at least.

ACX made a 180 U-turn immediately before the collision...

Last edited by tcar; 06-18-2017 at 09:22 AM..
Old 06-18-2017, 09:17 AM
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