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A U.S. Navy vessel has collided with a container vessel southwest of Yokosuka, Japan:
Seven U.S. sailors are unaccounted for after a Navy destroyer collided with a merchant ship southwest of Yokosuka, Japan, early Saturday local time, a U.S. official and the Navy said.
Some flooding was reported aboard the USS Fitzgerald, a 505-foot destroyer, after the collision with a Philippine container vessel at approximately 2:30 a.m. Saturday local time (1:30 p.m. ET Friday), about 56 nautical miles of Yokosuka, the U.S. 7th Fleet said.
Also at Reuters.
mrpg wrote in with another story about a U.S. Navy sailor who was reported missing and presumed dead after a search by the Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and Japan's Coast Guard. He was found days later, hiding in one of the engine rooms.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 17 2017, @02:39AM (2 children)
Could have been worse. At least it didn't sink.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 17 2017, @04:14AM (1 child)
Judging by the amount of water coming from the destroyer's bilge pumps visible in the photos, it looks like the came close to sinking the thing....if those bilge pumps shut down, it looks like it just might do a Titanic on us.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Saturday June 17 2017, @07:04AM
If they sealed the watertight compartments, it will not sink even without pump (the shipyard would face some really tough questions if it did).
But not sinking isn't the same as being seaworthy. It would limp to port or need help.