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Originally Posted by Jolly Amaranto
So, it looks like the container ship was maintaining a straight course until impact and did all its strange maneuvering and turns after the collision.
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Yes, according to the article citing the Japanese coast guard.^^
If correct, this changes some things. It eliminates the course changes of the cargo ship as something nefarious or something to be watched by the Fitzgerald. The collision seems to have happened when both ships were on relatively straight, predictable paths. The strange course of the cargo ship could be explained as an effort to check on the destroyer and affect a rescue, if necessary. Still, it doesn't explain the nearly 30 minute time and travel lapse before the ship reported the incident and returned to the scene.