Navy drops criminal charges against former commanding officer of USS Fitzgerald and another officer for their roles in deadly collision that killed seven.
The two officers now will receive letters of censure instead of facing a general court martial.Area residents watch the transport vessel Transshelf carry the damaged USS Fitzgerald, a U.S. Navy destroyer, up the Pascagoula River in Pascagoula, Miss., Friday, Jan. 19, 2018.
"This decision is in the best interest of the Navy, the families of the Fitzgerald Sailors, and the procedural rights of the accused officers," the statement added. "Both officers were previously dismissed from their jobs and received non-judicial punishment."On the night of June 17, 2017, the guided-missile destroyer collided with the cargo ship ACX Crystal as it sailed out of Tokyo Bay. It proved to bethat summer.
A damaged section of the USS Fitzgerald is seen at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, June 18, 2017. Benson chose to skip a preliminary hearing to go straight to a court martial to fight the criminal charges against him, while Combs' case had been referred to a general court martial.
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