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    Search For 10 Missing Launched Off Singapore After U.S. Destroyer, Tanker Collide

    The Navy says the guided missile destroyer sustained "significant damage" in the collision east of the Strait of Malacca, one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
    by Scott Neuman Aug 21, 2017 2 minutes

    Updated at 10:30 a.m. ET

    An international air-sea rescue has been launched in waters off Singapore for 10 missing U.S. sailors after a collision between the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker.

    As , the collision with the Liberian-flagged oil and chemical tanker Alnic MC occurred at 6:24 a.m. Japan time as the destroyer — named after Arizona

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