{"id":19439,"date":"2018-01-19T01:20:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T01:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/19\/damaged-navy-ship-to-arrive-friday-at-mississippi-shipyard\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:03:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:03:03","slug":"damaged-navy-ship-to-arrive-friday-at-mississippi-shipyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/01\/19\/damaged-navy-ship-to-arrive-friday-at-mississippi-shipyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Damaged Navy ship to arrive Friday at Mississippi shipyard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

JACKSON, Miss. \u2014 A U.S. Navy destroyer damaged in a June collision that killed seven sailors is expected to arrive at a Mississippi shipyard Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula announced the USS Fitzgerald\u2019s arrival Thursday, inviting area residents to wave flags as the ship is carried up the Pascagoula River aboard a transport ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colleen O\u2019Rourke, a spokeswoman for Naval Sea Systems Command, which is overseeing the Fitzgerald\u2019s repair, wrote in an email Thursday that the Navy will have more information once the ship arrives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ship\u2019s arrival comes only days after the Navy announced Tuesday that it was seeking negligent homicide charges against four officers of the Fitzgerald at the time of the collision, including the then-commanding officer, Cmdr. Bryce Benson. A hearing has not yet been held to determine whether there\u2019s enough evidence for those and other charges to go to a trial by court-martial. Other charges could include dereliction of duty and endangering a ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\t