Navy investigations find ‘multiple failures’ in two ‘avoidable’ destroyer at-sea collisions

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A pair of Navy investigations has found multiple failures contributed to two separate accidents at sea in which two U.S. guided-missile destroyers collided with commercial shipping vessels, the Navy said Wednesday.

The results of both investigations revealed sub-standard performance by both crews and commanders in the accidents this summer.

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