UNITED STATE Navy: Japanese Tug Loses Propulsion, Collides with Destroyer
WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters)– A united state guided-missile destroyer, USS Benfold,, continual mild damages when a Japanese yank wandered right into it throughout a hauling workout off main Japan on Saturday, the UNITED STATE Navy stated.
“No one was injured on either vessel and Benfold sustained minimal damage, including scrapes on its side, pending a full damage assessment,” a declaration from the united state Seventh Fleet stated.
“Benfold remains at sea under her own power. The Japanese commercial tug is being towed by another vessel to a port in Yokosuka. The incident will be investigated,” it stated.
The case was the most recent problem including a united state battle ship in Asia.
The UNITED STATE Navy introduced a collection of reforms this month targeted at bring back standard marine abilities as well as performance mixed-up after an evaluation of dangerous ship accidents in the Asia-Pacific area revealed seafarers were under-trained as well as over-worked.
Seventeen seafarers have actually been eliminated this year in 2 accidents with business vessels including guided-missile destroyers, the Fitzgerald in June off Japan and after that the John S. McCain in August as it came close toSingapore (Reporting by David Brunnstrom; Editing by Andrew Bolton)
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