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US Warship Collides near Singapore, 10 Navy Sailors Missing

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Ten US Navy sailors are missing after an American warship collided with a merchant ship east of Singapore.

The USS John S. McCain collided with the oil tanker Alnic MC on Monday morning local time while the guided-missile destroyer was passing near the Malacca Strait to make a port visit in Singapore, the Navy's 7th Fleet said in a statement.

The incident is the second involving US Navy destroyers in Asian waters in over two months.

"Initial reports indicate John S. McCain sustained damage to her port side aft," the Navy said as a search-and-rescue mission was underway. "The ship was transiting to a routine port visit in Singapore."

"There are currently 10 sailors missing and five injured... Search and rescue efforts are underway in coordination with local authorities," the Navy statement said.

In this respect, US President Donald Trump on Sunday night tweeted his "thoughts and prayers" to the sailors aboard the warship.

According to shipping data in Thomson Reuters Eikon, the Alnic MC is a Liberian-flagged 183 meter-long chemical tanker of more than 50,000 deadweight tons.

The American destroyer was transiting to a routine port visit in Singapore when the collision was reported at 6:24 am Japan Standard Time.

A Philippine container ship collided with a US warship that almost sank off the coast of Japan earlier in June.

After the accident, the Navy said it removed the two senior officers and the senior enlisted sailor on the warship.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team