10 Missing After US Destroyer Collides with Oil Tanker

At least 10 sailors are missing after a US navy guided-missile destroyer collided with a tanker in waters east of Singapore, the second accident involving an American warship in two months. The US Navy’s Seventh Fleet said on Monday that the USS John S McCain sustained damage on its port side aft, or left rear, after colliding with a Liberian-flagged tanker in Malaysian waters at 5:24 am local time as it was heading to Singapore for a routine port visit. According to the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet, five sailors were hurt, four of whom had been evacuated for treatment for non-life threatening injuries, and one, who did not require further medical attention. Al Jazeera reported that it is the second collision involving a ship from the navy’s Seventh Fleet in the Pacific in two months. Seven sailors died in June when the USS Fitzgerald and a container ship hit each other in waters off Japan.