On Saturday, June 17, around 02:30 local time, off the coast of Japan involving the American destroyer USS Fitzgerald and the Philippine container ship ACX Crystal, wounding at least three people, among them the captain of the ship of the U.S. Navy. In addition, seven American sailors were missing.
Night of the incident, the cause of which is still unknown, occurred at 56 nautical miles (103 km) South-West of the port of Yokosuka, where there is a military base of the U.S. Navy. Due to the collision of the destroyer container ship that is four more than a warship, the latter has undergone significant damage, and three compartments were flooded.
Here’s video of the damage to the USS Fitzgerald. @AP now reports of unspecified injuries. pic.twitter.com/UiDqNy7MLg
— James DeWolf Perry (@JDeWPerry) June 16, 2017
«Here is a video about the damage to the USS Fitzgerald. The Associated Press reports the undefined damage».
But after some time the crew of the USS Fitzgerald was able to eliminate this problem without the help of arriving American destroyer USS Dewey. Soon the ship went ashore. He provided every assistance to the United States Navy, Japanese Maritime defense of the court and the coast guard.
While the container ship was dented and scratched the nose of the ship, but he managed to avoid serious damage. The ship smoothly arrived at the port. Unlike the crew of the destroyer, all twenty crew members on ACX Crystal is not affected.
RITHU GOSSIP රිතූ ගොසිප්: USS Fitzgerald crash: Seven navy crew missing off … https://t.co/bi1GPUzCYv pic.twitter.com/g7QVNWaavu
— sathsara (@sisirachaminda9) June 17, 2017
Captain USS Fitzgerald , Bryce Benson and two sailors were evacuated from the ship and taken to a military hospital in Yokosuka. The state of the Benson stable, and the men received bruises and cuts.
However, seven crew members were missing. Rescuers consider the version that the sailors threw into the sea or they were inside the damaged compartments of the ship. Their search still continues.
#FITZ back home. Search and rescue continues for our missing shipmates. pic.twitter.com/zntHGKqzlL
— 7th Fleet (@US7thFleet) June 17, 2017
«The USS Fitzgerald returned home. Quest to rescue our missing teammates are still ongoing».
