7 Sailors Missing after Navy destroyer collision off Japan [View all]
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN) Seven US sailors are missing and the commanding officer of a US destroyer is injured after the warship collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan, the US Navy said Friday.
The USS Fitzgerald suffered damage to its starboard side above and below the waterline in the incident. Cmdr. Bryce Benson was one of two injured sailors who needed to be flown to a naval hospital in Yokosuka, Japan.He is in stable condition, the Navy said
Other injured are being assessed, the Navy added.
The two ships collided in the Pacific Ocean about 56 nautical miles off the coast of Yokosuka, the Japanese coast guard has told CNN. The damage to the Fitzgerald resulted in some flooding, the Navy said.
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