{"id":412205,"date":"2017-08-21T06:39:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T06:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/21\/us-navy-ship-collides-with-oil-tanker-off-singapore\/"},"modified":"2017-08-21T06:39:49","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T06:39:49","slug":"us-navy-ship-collides-with-oil-tanker-off-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/21\/us-navy-ship-collides-with-oil-tanker-off-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy ship collides with oil tanker off Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">&#13;<br \/>\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.4.4--><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Ten sailors are missing and five have been injured after a US destroyer collided with an oil tanker off the coast of Singapore, the US Navy says.<\/p>\n<p>The guided missile destroyer USS John S McCain was sailing east of Singapore and preparing to stop in the port when it struck the Liberian-flagged vessel.<\/p>\n<p>A wide-ranging search and rescue operation is under way.<\/p>\n<p>It is the second serious collision involving a US Navy ship in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>The collision was reported before dawn at 05:24 local time on Monday (21:24 GMT on Sunday) and took place in the Strait of Singapore, as the USS John S McCain prepared to perform a routine port stop in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>Singapore and US authorities said the destroyer sustained damage to her port side, which is the left-hand side of the vessel facing forward.<\/p>\n<p>The chief of the Malaysian navy, Ahmad Kamarulzaman Ahmad Badaruddin, has tweeted a picture appearing to show the US vessel with a hole at the rear.<\/p>\n<p>The tanker it collided with, Alnic MC, sustained damage to a tank near the front of the ship 7m (23ft) above the waterline, but none of its crew were injured and there were no oil spills.<\/p>\n<p>The tanker has a tonnage of 30,000 which is about three times that of the USS John S McCain\u2019s, and at 600ft (182m) it is slightly longer than the 505ft-long US destroyer.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">What is happening now?<\/h2>\n<p>US military helicopters as well as the Singaporean and Malaysian navies and coast guards are currently conducting search and rescue operations.<\/p>\n<p>The US Navy said four of the injured sailors had non-life threatening injuries and were medically evacuated to a Singapore hospital. The fifth person did not require further medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>The ship is now sailing under its own power and heading to Singapore\u2019s Changi naval base. The Alnic MC is making its way to Singapore\u2019s port.<\/p>\n<p>One crew member of the oil tanker told Reuters over the phone that the vessel sustained some damage to a valve. 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