What pizzes me off are the headlines "Destroyer collides with..." Because the destroyer didn't hit anything: it was hit BY the freighter. Fugging news people either can't get anything right or they are deliberately trying to besmirch the Navy. Either is likely.
It was hit in the starboard side. When a vessel is approaching your starboard side you have to give way by stopping or turning to starboard. It's essentially the same as you failing to yield and getting T-Boned.
Here's the thing, an Arleigh Burke-class is highly maneuverable. She looks like she can darn near turn back on her own wake. Somebody, and more than one, eye was off his (or her) job.
Look at the turn radius:
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