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Originally Posted by tcar View Post
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...
How long does it take, both in time and distance, for a 732 foot long, 64 thousand ton ship to make a U-turn? Not like it's going to be unnoticed by any other ship that is monitoring (or should be monitoring) it's movements. Fitzgerald's skipper is in deep ****.
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