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Mexican navy ship that slammed into Brooklyn Bridge in fatal collision may make ‘triumphant return’ to New York next year

July 4, 2025
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Mexican navy ship that slammed into Brooklyn Bridge in fatal collision may make ‘triumphant return’ to New York next year
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The doomed Mexican tall ship that slammed into the Brooklyn Bridge in May is hoping to make a “triumphant return” to New York next year to join the record-breaking flotilla slated to storm the harbor, The Post has learned.

The Cuauhtémoc is slated to be one of the 30 Class A International Tall Ships to parade through the Harbor as part of the US’s semiquincentennial birthday — as long as the ship’s three ornate masts can be repaired.

The masts were destroyed in the tragic accident in spring that claimed the lives of two young mariners and left 19 other people injured.

The Mexican Navy now has exactly one year to restore the Cuauhtémoc to its glory and join what will be the largest flotilla to ever sail through the port of New York and New Jersey.

The Mexican Navy tall ship Cuauhtemoc arrives in Havana Bay, Cuba, Monday, April 28, 2025.
The Cuauhtémoc is undergoing repairs for the damages it sustained after striking the Brooklyn Bridge. AP

“We see it as a kind of triumphant return,” Chris O’Brien, the president of Sail4th 250, the organizer for next year’s blockbuster event, told The Post.

“They’re going to be executing their repairs and so the invitation is still open for them to join us.”

When asked if the Mexican Navy has indicated whether it plans to return, O’Brien said: “I can’t speculate there, but we are maintaining positive lines of communication.”

The Mexican Navy is in the midst of repairing the damage, which was mostly sustained on the Cuauhtémoc’s three masts that were severed when they smacked into the Brooklyn Bridge, a spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board told The Post.

Emergency response members work at the site of Mexican Navy ship Cuauhtemoc's collision with the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.
The cause of the collision is still under investigation. Xinhua/Shutterstock

The extent of the repairs needed was not immediately clear. The damage to the 147-foot-tall training vessel is expected to exceed $500,000.

The NTSB is still investigating the cause of the collision, which could take at least a year, or as long as two, a spokesperson told The Post.

A preliminary report released Monday revealed that the vessel was inexplicably sailing backwards — and picked up speed — before the fatal collision.

Cadets on the deck of the Mexican Navy tall ship ARM Cuauhtémoc during its voyage from Staten Island to Pier 17 at the South Street Seaport on Tuesday
Two cadets who were manning the masts were killed during the crash. James Keivom
Cadets on the deck of the Mexican Navy tall ship ARM Cuauhtémoc
The damage to the ship is expected to exceed $500,000. James Keivom

It did not answer what caused the “major marine casualty,” including why the docking pilot’s orders to stop the vessel didn’t have any effect.

At the time, dozens of cadets were “manning the masts,” meaning they were standing on and strapped to the ship’s three masts — a universal sign of respect every time a ship enters and leaves a port.

Two crew members who were on the masts plummeted to the ship’s deck during the collision and were later pronounced dead at local hospitals.

Should the repairs be completed in time, the ship will take part in the six-day, once-in-a-lifetime event slated for July 3 to 8 next year to celebrate America’s 250th birthday.

The Mexican Navy training ship that hit the Brooklyn Bridge sits moored in New York City on May 30, 2025.
The NTSB investigation could take at least a year. Leonardo Munoz

The flotilla of 30 international tall ships and 40 gray hull vessels will be the highlight of the festival, fittingly taking place on July 4.

The ships, each a military training vessel from another country, will ceremoniously voyage into the harbor from beneath the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge before landing in ports on Staten Island, in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

A “senior government official” will be aboard the incredible parade — but planners wouldn’t budge on naming the guest of honor.

The post Mexican navy ship that slammed into Brooklyn Bridge in fatal collision may make ‘triumphant return’ to New York next year appeared first on New York Post.

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