The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) is in Dry Dock 4 at Fleet Activities Yokosuka to continue repairs and assess damage sustained from its June 17 collision with a merchant vessel. Shouldn't avoiding collisions be relatively simple for a Navy destroyer equipped with modern technology, such as GPS and radars? Many in the American public have been asking how the "world's best navy" could suffer such drastic failures in basic seamanship and navigation. While these are significant responses, will they be sufficient to alter the wayward course of Navy surface forces and the Seventh Fleet? Relieved Seventh Fleet commander, Vice Admiral Aucoin, due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.Launched a comprehensive 60-day review of surface fleet operations, training, and certification of deployed ships with a focus on the forward-deployed ships and.Issued a worldwide, 24-hour "operational pause" or "safety stand down" to ensure safe operations and identify areas for improvement.In the wake of the McCain collision, the Navy swiftly responded by taking three actions: Of additional concern is that all of these ships were part of the Seventh Fleet and the Navy's Forward Deployed Naval Forces stationed in Yokosuka, Japan. These tragic incidents, coupled with the USS Antietam (CG 54) grounding and the USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) collision in the past eight months, have raised significant concerns about the state of the Navy's surface fleet readiness and operational proficiency. sailors during routine "independent steaming" operations in the western Pacific Ocean. McCain (DDG 56)-took place with commercial vessels and claimed the lives of 17 U.S. Two recent collisions-first the USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), then the USS John S. In the past two and a half months, the Navy has experienced the worst peacetime surface ship collisions in over 41 years. This article first appeared on the Daily Signal.
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