YOKOSUKA, Japan: Seven US sailors were missing and a skipper injured after their Navy destroyer collided with a container ship off the coast of Japan early Saturday, with the badly damaged US vessel partially flooded. Aerial television footage showed one sailor lying on a stretcher and a rescuer being pulled up to a helicopter that was hovering above the USS Fitzgerald, its right side partially crushed. It was not immediately clear what caused the collision, but NHK said the massive 222-meter (730 foot) container ship made a sharp turn around the time of the accident. “The USS Fitzgerald suffered damage on her starboard side above and below the waterline. The ACX Crystal is a commercial container ship that, according to marine tracking websites, was on its way to Tokyo.

Source: Manila Times June 17, 2017 07:18 UTC