The Japanese Coast Guard is aiding the U. S. in the search for the missing crew members.
President Donald Trump on Saturday sent « thoughts and prayers » to the seven missing U. S. Navy crew members and their families after an American destroyer collided with a container ship off the coast of Japan.
« Thoughts and prayers with the sailors of USS Fitzgerald and their families. Thank you to our Japanese allies for their assistance, » Trump wrote on Twitter.
The USS Fitzgerald destroyer collided a Philippine-registered container ship in the early hours of Saturday morning.