10 missing, 5 injured in U.S. destroyer's collision with oil tanker

The U.S. Navy destroyer John S. McCain collided with an oil tanker east of Singapore and the Strait of Malacca early Monday local time, leaving 10 crew members missing and five others injured, the Navy said.The destroyer belongs to the 7th Fleet based in Yokosuka near Tokyo. Another guided-missile destroyer from the fleet, the Fitzgerald, collided with a container ship near the Japanese coast in June, killing seven sailors aboard the warship. The collision damaged the rear section on the port side of the John S. McCain but the ship was able to sail under its own power and arrived at Changi…READ FULL ARTICLE