US warship starts to sink off coast of Japan after colliding with merchant ship: VIDEO
US warship starts to sink off coast of Japan after colliding with merchant ship
The ship is reportedly headed back to port
Idrees Alli Washington DC
The USS Fitzgerald collided with a merchant ship and is reportedly taking on water AP
The U.S. Navy said on Friday one of its destroyers collided with a merchant vessel southwest of Yokosuka, Japan, and a U.S. official said initial reports indicated multiple injuries aboard the destroyer.
In a statement, the Navy said the USS Fitzgerald collided with a merchant vessel 56 nautical miles southwest of Yokosuka and the extent of any injuries to U.S. personnel “is being determined.”
Image: USS Fitzgerald Collision source NBC News
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A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the destroyer had suffered damage, that there was some flooding, and that it could not operate on its own power.
Japan's public broadcaster NHK showed aerial footage of the destroyer, which had a large dent in the right side of the ship.
Images broadcast by NHK showed the U.S. ship has been struck on its starboard side next to its Aegis radar arrays behind its vertical launch tubes.
No apparent damage could be seen from the images below the waterline although damage on the deck and to part of the radar appeared significant.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-warship-japan-sinking-rescue-collision-merchant-ship-a7794431.html
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