A U. S. warship sustained minor damage Saturday when it collided with a Japanese tug boat, the Navy’s 7th Fleet announced.
A U. S. warship sustained minor damage Saturday when it collided with a Japanese tug boat, the Navy’s 7th Fleet announced.
NBC News reports that the tugboat lost propulsion control and drifted into the Navy destroyer, causing a minor collision. No injuries were reported on either vessel.
The USS Benfold was conducting a scheduled exercise in Japan’s Sagami Bay at the time of the collision.
The guided-missile destroyer, which remains at sea, will undergo a damage assessment and an investigation into the crash, according to ABC News.
Saturday’s crash comes after two separate incidents earlier this year involving Navy ship collisions resulted in the deaths of 17 sailors. The Navy determined that the collisions were caused by “multiple failures” on the part of officers and sailors onboard.
„The crew was unprepared for the situation in which they found themselves through a lack of preparation, ineffective command and control, and deficiencies in training and preparations for navigation,“ according to the report detailing the USS John S.
