The commanders of two U.S. Navy ships involved in fatal collisions last year will face negligent homicide charges, according to report late Tuesday. Citing a Navy spokesman, the Associated Press said the charges will be presented at an Article 32 hearing, which will determine if the officers should face court-martial. The charges involve incidents involving the USS Fitzgerald, in which seven sailors were killed after it hit a commercial ship off Japan last June, and the USS John S. McCain, in which 10 sailors died after the ship hit an oil tanker off Singapore in August. In November, a report found both incidents were preventable, and cited a number of failures by the respective crews.
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