The Arleigh Burke- course led rocket destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) has actually been packed aboard the hefty lift transportation vessel Transshelf and also start her trip to Pascagoula, Mississippi for more repair services.

Fitzgerald left Fleet Activities (FLEACT) Yokosuka under tow on November 24 start the hefty lift procedure in deep water.

Transshelf will certainly deliver Fitzgerald to Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) shipbuilding for repair services following its crash with a vendor vessel in June.

The Navy reports that in the months before her separation from Yokosuka, specialists and also shipbuilders at Ship Repair Facility Yokosuka made substantial development in preparing the ship for the trip, consisting of dewatering, defueling, hull and also superstructure repair services, and also putting essential systems in layup upkeep. In October, she was relocated from completely dry dock to a pierside area in expectancy of the action.

Fitzgerald was associated with a crash with the Philippine- flagged ACX Crystal on June 17. Seven Sailors shed their lives and also the ship endured damages on her starboard side over and also listed below the waterline. The Navy launched a thorough evaluation of the case November 1.

The loading of the Fitzgerald comes as the led rocket destroyer USS John S. McCain, which is packed aboard the hefty lift vessel MV Treasure, continues to be in Subic Bay, Philippines, regarding one month after it needed to be rerouted after the destroyer established a tiny split throughout its transportation from Singapore to Japan.

Here are some even more images of the packing procedure: