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| Top Two Officers on Navy Ship in Deadly Collision Off Japan to Be Relieved of Duties | Top Two Officers on Navy Ship in Deadly Collision Off Japan to Be Relieved of Duties |
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| WASHINGTON — The Navy plans to relieve the two top officers and the senior enlisted sailor of a destroyer that collided with a freighter off the coast of Japan in June, killing seven sailors in one of the sea service’s deadliest accidents in years. | WASHINGTON — The Navy plans to relieve the two top officers and the senior enlisted sailor of a destroyer that collided with a freighter off the coast of Japan in June, killing seven sailors in one of the sea service’s deadliest accidents in years. |
| The head of the Navy’s Seventh Fleet, Vice Adm. Joseph P. Aucoin, was expected to take the action on Friday in Japan, the vice chief of naval operations, Adm. Bill Moran, told reporters on Thursday. | The head of the Navy’s Seventh Fleet, Vice Adm. Joseph P. Aucoin, was expected to take the action on Friday in Japan, the vice chief of naval operations, Adm. Bill Moran, told reporters on Thursday. |
| About a dozen sailors over all face career-killing administrative actions as a result of the accident, Admiral Moran said at a briefing at the Pentagon. | About a dozen sailors over all face career-killing administrative actions as a result of the accident, Admiral Moran said at a briefing at the Pentagon. |
| A preliminary report into the accident released by the Navy on Thursday describes in harrowing detail the immediate aftermath of the collision and the rescue efforts aboard the Fitzgerald. The ship’s routine cruise through familiar, if crowded seas, ended in the most deadly Navy accident in years. | A preliminary report into the accident released by the Navy on Thursday describes in harrowing detail the immediate aftermath of the collision and the rescue efforts aboard the Fitzgerald. The ship’s routine cruise through familiar, if crowded seas, ended in the most deadly Navy accident in years. |
| Dozens of sailors rocked from their slumber raced against time to escape up a ladder from their flooding quarters. The rushing water was at first waist high, then neck high as sailors pushed aside mattresses, wall lockers and other floating debris to clamber up a ladder to safety. The last sailor pulled from the chaos was underwater when his shipmates yanked him up. | |
| The freighter crashed directly into the stateroom of the ship’s captain, Cmdr. Bryce Benson, ripping open a huge hole and trapping him inside. Five sailors with a sledgehammer and kettlebell broke down the door to his cabin to rescue Commander Benson, who was hanging from the side of the ship. | The freighter crashed directly into the stateroom of the ship’s captain, Cmdr. Bryce Benson, ripping open a huge hole and trapping him inside. Five sailors with a sledgehammer and kettlebell broke down the door to his cabin to rescue Commander Benson, who was hanging from the side of the ship. |