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7 missing, at least 3 injured as US Navy destroyer crashes into trade ship off Japan coast
Published time: 16 Jun, 2017 21:15
Edited time: 17 Jun, 2017 06:00
7 missing, at least 3 injured as US Navy destroyer crashes into trade ship off Japan coast
© US Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Todd P. Cichonowicz / Wikipedia
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Seven US Navy sailors are missing and at least three are injured, including the commander of the USS Fitzgerald, which collided with a merchant vessel near Yokosuka, Japan, according to a US Pacific Fleet spokesman. US sailors reportedly called the Japanese Coast Guard for assistance.
"There are seven Sailors unaccounted for; the ship and the Japanese Coast Guard continues to search for them," the US 7th Fleet has confirmed. The same account was previously reported by the Japanese Coast Guard to Japanese public TV channel NHK.
Among the injured was the commanding officer of the USS Fitzgerald, Commander Bryce Benson, who is in stable condition after being transferred to US Naval Hospital Yokosuka, according to the 7th Fleet.
"Other injured [sic] are being assessed," the fleet said.
One injured sailor was being evacuated from the US ship by a Japanese Coast Guard helicopter, the US Navy reported earlier.
The crash occurred 56 nautical miles southwest of Yokosuka at 2:30am local time, June 17, according to the US Pacific Fleet.
The Japanese Coast Guard identified the commercial ship as a Philippine container vessel, Sputnik news agency reported.
Medical evacuations reportedly occurred with assistance from the Japanese Coast Guard.
NHK reported that the USS Fitzgerald, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, was rendered "unable to operate" and suffered flooding, Reuters reported.
"The USS Fitzgerald suffered damage on her starboard side above and below the waterline," the US 7th Fleet reported.
The US Pacific Fleet said: "The extent of damage is being determined. The extent of personnel injuries is being determined. The incident will be investigated."
The US 7th Fleet posted on its Facebook page that the destroyer was on its way "back to Yokosuka" at a speed of 3 knots, and being assisted by Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka tugboats.
The flooding was later stabilized and sailors from the USS Dewey guided missile destroyer came aboard to “assist in damage control efforts,” the Navy’s 7th Fleet said.
Last month, a US Navy cruiser collided with a South Korean fishing vessel.
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USS Fitzgerald collision: Trump criticised for leaving key posts unfilled
The Guardian
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
The GuardianJune 17, 2017
An injured crew member of the USS Fitzgerald is stretchered to hospital at Yokosuka naval base on Saturday.
An injured crew member of the USS Fitzgerald is stretchered to hospital at Yokosuka naval base on Saturday. Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images
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Donald Trump has been criticised for delays in appointing a navy secretary and ambassador to Japan, leaving a communications vacuum as the countries continued their search for seven missing sailors off the east coast of Japan.
The commanding officer of the USS Fitzgerald, Bryce Benson, and two other crew were injured after the vessel collided with a Philippine-registered container ship before dawn on Saturday.
The US has been without an ambassador to Japan since Caroline Kennedy left Tokyo in January.
Her successor, the Tennessee businessman William Hagerty, has attended a Senate confirmation hearing but has yet to take up his post.
Brandon Friedman, a former Obama administration official and co-founder of the McPherson Square Group, a strategic communications firm in Washington, pointed to the absence of an ambassador and navy secretary – two officials who would be expected to take a lead in liaising between the US navy, and Japanese and US government officials during the search.
“The USS Fitzgerald might sink off Japan and the US President can’t call our ambassador or our navy secretary because we have neither,” Friedman said.
Trump’s nominee for US navy secretary, Richard Spencer, has yet to be confirmed by the Senate.
The former financial industry executive and US marine corps captain was tapped for the post after Trump’s first choice for navy secretary, Philip Bilden, withdrew his candidacy in February.
Bilden said that his business ties to Asian financial markets would constitute a conflict of interests and that he was not prepared to divest his financial interests to serve in the position.
At his Senate hearing last month, Hagerty, a key member of Trump’s transition team, stressed Washington’s “ironclad” commitment to its alliance with Japan, calling it “the cornerstone of regional peace and security” and “a platform for global cooperation”.
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7 missing, at least 3 injured as US Navy destroyer crashes into trade ship off Japan coast
Published time: 16 Jun, 2017 21:15
Edited time: 17 Jun, 2017 06:00
7 missing, at least 3 injured as US Navy destroyer crashes into trade ship off Japan coast
© US Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Todd P. Cichonowicz / Wikipedia
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Seven US Navy sailors are missing and at least three are injured, including the commander of the USS Fitzgerald, which collided with a merchant vessel near Yokosuka, Japan, according to a US Pacific Fleet spokesman. US sailors reportedly called the Japanese Coast Guard for assistance.
"There are seven Sailors unaccounted for; the ship and the Japanese Coast Guard continues to search for them," the US 7th Fleet has confirmed. The same account was previously reported by the Japanese Coast Guard to Japanese public TV channel NHK.
Among the injured was the commanding officer of the USS Fitzgerald, Commander Bryce Benson, who is in stable condition after being transferred to US Naval Hospital Yokosuka, according to the 7th Fleet.
"Other injured [sic] are being assessed," the fleet said.
One injured sailor was being evacuated from the US ship by a Japanese Coast Guard helicopter, the US Navy reported earlier.
The crash occurred 56 nautical miles southwest of Yokosuka at 2:30am local time, June 17, according to the US Pacific Fleet.
The Japanese Coast Guard identified the commercial ship as a Philippine container vessel, Sputnik news agency reported.
Medical evacuations reportedly occurred with assistance from the Japanese Coast Guard.
NHK reported that the USS Fitzgerald, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, was rendered "unable to operate" and suffered flooding, Reuters reported.
"The USS Fitzgerald suffered damage on her starboard side above and below the waterline," the US 7th Fleet reported.
The US Pacific Fleet said: "The extent of damage is being determined. The extent of personnel injuries is being determined. The incident will be investigated."
The US 7th Fleet posted on its Facebook page that the destroyer was on its way "back to Yokosuka" at a speed of 3 knots, and being assisted by Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka tugboats.
The flooding was later stabilized and sailors from the USS Dewey guided missile destroyer came aboard to “assist in damage control efforts,” the Navy’s 7th Fleet said.
Last month, a US Navy cruiser collided with a South Korean fishing vessel.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/uss-fitzge...050613689.html (https://sg.news.yahoo.com/uss-fitzgerald-collision-trump-criticised-050613689.html)
USS Fitzgerald collision: Trump criticised for leaving key posts unfilled
The Guardian
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
The GuardianJune 17, 2017
An injured crew member of the USS Fitzgerald is stretchered to hospital at Yokosuka naval base on Saturday.
An injured crew member of the USS Fitzgerald is stretchered to hospital at Yokosuka naval base on Saturday. Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images
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Donald Trump has been criticised for delays in appointing a navy secretary and ambassador to Japan, leaving a communications vacuum as the countries continued their search for seven missing sailors off the east coast of Japan.
The commanding officer of the USS Fitzgerald, Bryce Benson, and two other crew were injured after the vessel collided with a Philippine-registered container ship before dawn on Saturday.
The US has been without an ambassador to Japan since Caroline Kennedy left Tokyo in January.
Her successor, the Tennessee businessman William Hagerty, has attended a Senate confirmation hearing but has yet to take up his post.
Brandon Friedman, a former Obama administration official and co-founder of the McPherson Square Group, a strategic communications firm in Washington, pointed to the absence of an ambassador and navy secretary – two officials who would be expected to take a lead in liaising between the US navy, and Japanese and US government officials during the search.
“The USS Fitzgerald might sink off Japan and the US President can’t call our ambassador or our navy secretary because we have neither,” Friedman said.
Trump’s nominee for US navy secretary, Richard Spencer, has yet to be confirmed by the Senate.
The former financial industry executive and US marine corps captain was tapped for the post after Trump’s first choice for navy secretary, Philip Bilden, withdrew his candidacy in February.
Bilden said that his business ties to Asian financial markets would constitute a conflict of interests and that he was not prepared to divest his financial interests to serve in the position.
At his Senate hearing last month, Hagerty, a key member of Trump’s transition team, stressed Washington’s “ironclad” commitment to its alliance with Japan, calling it “the cornerstone of regional peace and security” and “a platform for global cooperation”.
Read More
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (https://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?244389-Clown-Ang-Moh-Trump-Navy-Destroyer-got-DESTROYED-many-dead-n-missing!-HUAT!!&goto=newpost).