SINGAPORE—The American guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain left Singapore for repair in Japan, more than six weeks after a collision tore a hole in its hull, killing 10 sailors. Bearing a watertight patch on its rear left side, the McCain departed a naval base in Singapore on Thursday, the Navy said, towed to deep water to be picked up by a heavy-lift vessel and carried, suspended on a platform out of the water, to its home base in Yokosuka, Japan. The crew had spent recent weeks making damage assessments and performing...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 05, 2017 08:12 UTC