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The USS John S McCain, a guided missile destroyer, collided
with an oil tanker sailing under a Liberian flag in the Strait of
Singapore on Sunday afternoon local time. Ten sailors were reported
missing by the U.S. Navy and four others were hospitalized for
non-life-threatening injuries. The incident took place on the first
day of a joint drill of the U.S. Navy and its South Korean
counterpart, aimed at sending a message to North Korea. The
destroyer was making a routine port stop in Singapore and the
tanker was carrying about 12,000 tons of crude…
with an oil tanker sailing under a Liberian flag in the Strait of
Singapore on Sunday afternoon local time. Ten sailors were reported
missing by the U.S. Navy and four others were hospitalized for
non-life-threatening injuries. The incident took place on the first
day of a joint drill of the U.S. Navy and its South Korean
counterpart, aimed at sending a message to North Korea. The
destroyer was making a routine port stop in Singapore and the
tanker was carrying about 12,000 tons of crude…
The USS John S McCain, a guided missile destroyer, collided
with an oil tanker sailing under a Liberian flag in the Strait of
Singapore on Sunday afternoon local time. Ten sailors were reported
missing by the U.S. Navy and four others were hospitalized for
non-life-threatening injuries. The incident took place on the first
day of a joint drill of the U.S. Navy and its South Korean
counterpart, aimed at sending a message to North Korea. The
destroyer was making a routine port stop in Singapore and the
tanker was carrying about 12,000 tons of crude…
with an oil tanker sailing under a Liberian flag in the Strait of
Singapore on Sunday afternoon local time. Ten sailors were reported
missing by the U.S. Navy and four others were hospitalized for
non-life-threatening injuries. The incident took place on the first
day of a joint drill of the U.S. Navy and its South Korean
counterpart, aimed at sending a message to North Korea. The
destroyer was making a routine port stop in Singapore and the
tanker was carrying about 12,000 tons of crude…