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posted by Fnord666 on Monday August 21 2017, @04:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the the-US-Navy's-annus-horribilis dept.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/21/world/asia/navy-ship-mccain-search-sailors.html

Search teams scrambled Monday to determine the fate of 10 missing Navy sailors after a United States destroyer collided with an oil tanker off the coast of Singapore, the second accident involving a Navy ship and a cargo vessel in recent months.

The guided-missile destroyer, the John S. McCain, was passing east of the Strait of Malacca on its way to a port visit in Singapore at 5:24 a.m. local time, before dawn broke, when it collided with the Alnic MC, a 600-foot vessel that transports oil and chemicals, the Navy said. The destroyer was damaged near the rear on its port, or left-hand, side.

Half a day after the crash, 10 sailors on the ship remained unaccounted for. Five others were injured, none with life-threatening conditions, a Navy official said. Ships with the Singapore Navy and helicopters from the assault ship America were rushing to search for survivors.

Also at Reuters.

Previously: U.S. Navy Destroyer Collides With Container Vessel


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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by EvilSS on Monday August 21 2017, @05:16PM (1 child)

    by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Monday August 21 2017, @05:16PM (#557115)

    This warship is named after John S. McCain, Sr., and John S. McCain, Jr., both admirals in the United States Navy. John S. McCain, Sr. commanded the aircraft carrier USS Ranger, and later the Fast Carrier Task Force during the latter stages of World War II. John S. McCain, Jr. commanded the submarines USS Gunnel and USS Dentuda during World War II. He subsequently held a number of posts, rising to Commander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific Command, before retiring in 1972. These men were, respectively, the grandfather and father of retired U.S. Navy Captain, Naval Aviator, and former Vietnam Prisoner of War, Senator John S. McCain III.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_John_S._McCain_(DDG-56) [wikipedia.org]

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 21 2017, @05:30PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 21 2017, @05:30PM (#557123)

    So there is at least a valid reason for it, unlike many of the later ones.