No information was immediately available about how the collision occurred or how badly the merchant vessel was damaged.

Two US Navy destroyers were involved in fatal collisions in 2017. Seven sailors died after the USS Fitzgerald struck a cargo ship off Japan in June that year, and 10 sailors were killed when the ...

Seven sailors were killed in June 2017 when the USS Fitzgerald hit a cargo vessel in Japan, and ten people died when the USS John S McCain crashed with a tanker near Singapore and Malaysia just ...

What really happened and why? We supposedly learned this when USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and USS McCain (DDG 56) experienced major collisions. In both cases, it was determined that responsibility ...

USS Fitzgerald (2017): Collided with the container ship ACX Crystal near Japan, causing seven fatalities and multiple injuries. USS John S. McCain (2017): Collided with the tanker Alnic MC in the ...

Three senior officers on board a US Navy's destroyer when it collided with a container ship in Japanese waters in June, killing seven sailors, are to be removed from duty. The commanding officer ...

In 2017, two aircraft carriers struck cargo ships, first in June of that year when the USS Fitzgerald collided with a cargo ship off Japan. Two months later, 10 sailors were killed when the USS ...

The U.S. Navy has dismissed the commander of its 7th Fleet from duty, following the second deadly ship collision in less than three months.