Your google-fu failed you because it wasn't about the USS John McCain, it was Propublica's article on the other fatal 7th Fleet destroyer collision in 2017, the

Your google-fu failed you because it wasn't about the USS John McCain, it was Propublica's article on the other fatal 7th Fleet destroyer collision in 2017, the USS Fitzgerald. The collisions were two months apart. The article you are thinking of is here: https://features.propublica.org/navy-accidents/uss-fitzgerald-destroyer-crash-crystal/ https://features.propublica.org/navy-accidents/uss-fitzgeral...