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Navy/USMC

Fitzgerald Starts At-Sea Tests After Collision Repairs

Monday, February 3rd, 2020

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Fitzgerald Starts At-Sea Tests After Collision Repairs

The USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) departs Huntington Ingalls Industries - Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula shipyard to conduct comprehensive at-sea on Feb. 3, 2020. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) on Monday left its Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard for its first comprehensive at-sea tests after two years of repairs. DDG-62 departed Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding yard in Pascagoula early Monday morning to conduct a set of demonstrations in the Gulf of Mexico. The test period will evaluate if the ship’s onboard systems meet or exceed Navy specifications. It will specifically test the ship’s navigation, damage control, mechanical and electric systems, combat systems,…

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