USS Fitzgerald Leaders Punished, Crew Is Praised After Collision With Cargo Ship : The Two-Way : NPRThe guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald returns to port after colliding with a merchant vessel in June while operating southwest of Yokosuka, Japan. MC1 Peter Burghart/U.S. Navy The U.S. Navy has relieved the USS Fitzgerald's commander and two other senior leaders of their duties — and it's also praising the crew for saving their ship after the destroyer collided with a large Philippine-flagge
