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 Department of Justice filed a $100 million lawsuit Wednesday against the owner of the Dali container ship that caused the deadly collapse of Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. On March 26 a Dali container ship lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s support columns shortly after leaving Baltimore.

The owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse recklessly cut corners and ignored known electrical problems on the vessel, the Justice

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 Justice Department sued the owner of container ship Dali for $100 million for ramming and toppling the Key Bridge in Baltimore.

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking more than $100 million from the two corporations that owned and operated the container ship that destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March.

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.

The government filed a civil claim against the owner and operator of the containership that caused the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The lawsuit filed in Maryland provides the most detailed account yet of the series of failures on the Dali cargo ship that left its crew helpless.