U.S. warship collides with tanker near Singapore
By Reuters
21 August 2017 |
10:29 am
Ten sailors are missing after a U.S. warship collided with an oil tanker east of Singapore, the second accident involving U.S. Navy a destroyer in Asian waters in little more than two months.
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