The Cuauhtémoc, a masted Mexican Navy training ship, collided with the Brooklyn Bridge on May 18, 2025. Caddell Dry Dock and ...

Mexican vessel Cuauhtémoc planned to visit Baltimore next summer for the U.S.’s 250th birthday celebration. Now its fate is ...

Authorities said the Mexican Navy tall ship Cuauhtémoc, used for sail training and goodwill tours to other nations, lost power just before crashing into the bridge at about 8:20 p.m. ET.

The Mexican Navy training ship that hit the Brooklyn Bridge sits moored in Manhattan on May 18, 2025, in New York City. (ANA FERNANDEZ/AFP via Getty Images) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP.

The masts of the Cuauhtemoc, a Mexican naval training ship, are broken after the vessel struck the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on May 17, 2025.

Mexican authorities have now said the two victims were young naval cadets training on the ship. The people who perished have been identified as América Yamilet Sánchez and Adal Jair Marcos.

A Mexican Navy training ship lost power and collided with the Brooklyn Bridge, killing two Mexican Seamen. Strong currents, mechanical failure, and lack of local knowledge contributed to the tragedy.

Two sailors dead, 20 injured as Mexican Navy ship Cuauhtémoc hits Brooklyn Bridge. No one fell into the water. Incident under investigation for mechanical fault.

The Mexican Navy training ship that struck the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday was moving in the “wrong direction,” a senior city official with knowledge of the investigation told CNN.

A masted Mexican Navy training ship, the Cuauhtémoc, sits stranded after colliding with the Brooklyn Bridge after, Saturday, May 17, 2025, in New York. By The Associated Press.

A Mexican Navy training ship is seen near the Manhattan Bridge after it slammed into the nearby Brooklyn Bridge in New York on May 17, 2025. Picture: AFP. What did eyewitnesses see?