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US warship collides;10 sailors missing

US warship collided with an oil tanker east of Singapore today. This is second of the kind. Ten sailors went missing in the collision

The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain collided with the merchant’s vessel Alnic MC while heading to Singapore for a routine port call.

There are currently 10 sailors missing and five injured. A search-and-rescue mission was under way involving Singaporean ships, helicopters and tug boats, as well as US Navy aircraft.

The warship was currently sailing under its own power and heading to port.

The Alnic MC is a Liberian-flagged, 183 meter-long oil or chemical tanker of 50,760 deadweight tonnes, according to shipping data in Thomson Reuters Eikon.

The US Navy vessel involved in the latest collision is named for the father and grandfather of US Republican Senator John McCain, who were both admirals in the United States Navy.

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