The USS Fitzgerald went into completely dry dock at a United States Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan to proceed repair services and also evaluate damages following its June 17 crash with the seller containership ACX Crystal off the coastline ofJapan

The Arleigh Burke- course guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) went into completely dry dock July 11 at the Fleet Activities (FLEACT) Yokosuka base. With the destroyer out of water for the very first time because the mishap, the degree of damages to the destroyer listed below the waterline came to be noticeable. Prior to its arrival in completely dry dock, scuba divers bonded a big steel spot to cover the opening brought on by spheric bow of the containership.

“We used two of our yard tugboats and four pusher boats to move Fitzgerald from Berth 12 to the dry dock,” stated FLEACT Yokosuka’s Harbor Movements Officer, Chief Warrant Officer Galo Moreira.

“It usually takes three boats to “push” a DDG right into completely dry dock,” statedMoreira “Today we used the additional boat as an extra safety boat to make sure we didn’t cause more damage to the Fitz.”

Once the ship was provided Dry Dock # 4, it was the duty of Yokosuka’s Ship Repair Facility-Joint Region Maintenance Center (SRF-JRMC) specialists to obtain the ship aligned properly in the completely dry dock and also begin draining the water from the dock.

“Usually we can dock a ship in about seven hours,” statedLt David Reinhardt, SRF-JRMC’s Docking Officer that looked after the procedure. “Once the dock is dry, myself and the dockmaster and shop workers will go down and make sure that there is no abnormalities that we didn’t expect. The ship’s force will also do an inspection of the hull to make sure there is nothing there that we wouldn’t expect to see.”

Seven UNITED STATE Navy Sailors were eliminated when the USS Fitzgerald hit the ACX Crystal in the morning hrs of June 17, creating substantial damages to the ship, flooding areas where the Sailors rested.

The mishap undergoes numerous examinations. Fitzgerald has actually been ahead released to Yokosuka because September 2004 as component of united state 7th Fleet.

Navy authorities are still analyzing if repair services will certainly be carried out in Japan or if the destroyer will certainly be reminded the united state for repair services.