The ramming of the USS Fitzgerald – still being misreported as a "collision" – is shrouded in puzzling behavior.  This is an accident (if indeed it was unintentional) that should not have been possible.  Now comes news of something very suspicious.  The Associated Press has just filed a non-bylined story, "Japan investigates delay in reporting US Navy ship collision," that reveals: Japan's coast guard is investigating why it took nearly an hour for a deadly collision between a U.S. Navy destroyer and a container ship to be reported. A coast guard official said Monday they are trying to find out what the crew of the Philippine-flagged ACX Crystal was doing before reporting the collision to authorities 50 minutes later. The coast guard initially said the collision occurred at 2:20 a.m. on Saturday because the Philippines ship had reported it at 2:25 a.m. and said it just happened.  After...(Read Full Post)