A rescue mission is underway off Singapore in an incident which follows the fatal collision between USS Fitzgerald and merchant ship in JuneTen American sailors are missing and five injured after the guided-missile destroyer USS John S McCain was damaged in a collision with an oil tanker off the coast of Singapore. Read moreIt is the second collision involving a ship from the navy’s 7th 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. “In addition to tug boats out of Singapore, the republic of Singapore navy ship RSS Gallant, RSN helicopters and police coast guard vessel Basking Shark are currently in the area to render assistance,” it said. The Fitzgerald and John S McCain are both ballistic missile defence (BMD) capable ships and part of the same Japan-based destroyer squadron.

Source: The Guardian August 21, 2017 00:21 UTC