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Death and Valor on an American Warship Doomed by its Own Navy

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Investigation finds officials ignored warnings for years before one of the deadliest crashes in decades.

It’s the dead of night, and the USS Fitzgerald is on a secret mission to the South China Sea. Scroll The sailors on the $1.8 billion destroyer are young, tired and poorly trained. Disaster strikes at 1:30:34 a.m. Fight the Ship Death and valor on a warship doomed by its own Navy. By T. Christian Miller, Megan Rose and Robert Faturechi Design by Xaquín G.V. February 6, 2019 A little after 1:30 a.m. on June 17, 2017, Alexander Vaughan tumbled from his bunk onto the floor of his sleeping quarters on board the Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald. The shock of cold, salty water snapped him awake. He stru

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