USS Fitzgerald reportedly ignored cargo ship's warnings before deadly impact

Associated Press/Eugene Hoshiko The captain of the Filipino cargo ship that struck USS Fitzgerald off the coast of Japan, killing seven U.S. sailors, claims the Navy destroyer ignored his ship’s emergency signals before the fatal impact, Reuters reports. The news service obtained an investigation statement from the skipper of the massive container ship ACX Crystal detailing the vessel’s account of the June 17 collision (emphasis added): In the first detailed account from one of those directl...