The cargo ship Dali’s transformer was “jury-rigged” and had “cracked over time” and its backup transformer was unable to help because a safety feature had been “recklessly disabled,” contributing to the vessel ultimately knocking down the Francis Scott Key Bridge,

The families of the six workers who died in the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore filed lawsuits on Friday against the owner and operator of the cargo ship that struck the bridge.

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday filed suit against the owner of the container ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore earlier this year, alleging that the company and those on board the ship knew about persistent faulty electrical and mechanical problems and failed to fix them.

The owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse recklessly cut corners and ignored known electrical problems on the vessel, the Justice Department alleged Wednesday in a lawsuit seeking to recover more than $100 million that the government spent to clear the underwater debris and reopen the city’s port.

The Justice Department alleges that mechanical and electrical systems on the massive ship had been "jury-rigged" and improperly maintained, culminating in a power outage moments before it crashed into a support column on the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March.

In a lawsuit, the DOJ called the disaster that left six workers dead and the Francis Scott Key Bridge destroyed an "entirely avoidable tragedy."