10 sailors missing, 5 injured after destroyer collision: US Navy
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SINGAPORE - Ten sailors are missing and five injured after a US destroyer collided Monday with a tanker east of Singapore, the US Navy said.
"There are currently 10 sailors missing and five injured," said the navy in an update on the collision between the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain and merchant vessel Alnic MC in the early hours.
(FILE) - A US Navy handout image made available 13 December 2010 showing the USS John S. McCain (DDG-56), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, joining a combined formation of twenty-six Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and U.S. ships with 7th Fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean, 10 December 2010 (reissued 21 August 2017).// EPA PHOTO
