USS John S. McCain collides with merchant ship
CVN01. Pacific Ocean (—).- (FILE) – A US Navy handout image made available 13 December 2010 showing the USS John S. McCain (DDG-56), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, joining a combined formation of twenty-six Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and U.S. ships with 7th Fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean, 10 December 2010 (reissued 21 August 2017). According to news reports on 21 August 2017, the USS John S. McCain collided with a merchant vessel near the Strait of Malacca, in the waters east of Singapore. The destroyer was en route to a routine visit to the port of Singapore. There have been no reports of fatalities and, search and rescue operation is underway (Singapur, Singapur, Japón) EFE/EPA/MCSN Cheng S. Yang/HANDOUT
