Disaster in the Pacific
Death and Neglect in the 7th Fleet
Broken ships. Poor training. Ignored warnings. Multiple tragedies. The world’s most powerful armada in decline.
Featured Posts in this Series
-
Faulty Equipment, Lapsed Training, Repeated Warnings: How a Preventable Disaster Killed Six Marines
Marine commanders did not act on dozens of pleas for additional manpower, machinery and time.
-
The Navy Installed Touch-Screen Steering Systems to Save Money. 10 Sailors Paid With Their Lives.
When the USS John S. McCain crashed in the Pacific, the Navy blamed the destroyer’s crew for the loss of 10 sailors. The truth is the Navy’s flawed technology set the McCain up for disaster.
-
Years of Warnings, Then Death and Disaster
How the Navy failed its sailors
-
Death and Valor on an American Warship Doomed by its Own Navy
Investigation finds officials ignored warnings for years before one of the deadliest crashes in decades.
26 stories published since 2019
