Navy Times:
The destroyer John S. McCain arrived at Changi Naval Base in Singapore mid-afternoon Monday after a harrowing collision with a commercial tanker that has left 10 crew-members missing and five others wounded.
It is the second major collision involving a U.S. Navy warship attached to U.S. 7th Fleet in recent months, following the June 17 collision involving the destroyer Fitzgerald off the coast of Japan, in which seven sailors died.
Four sailors with non-life threatening injuries were evacuated off the destroyer John S. McCain earlier to a hospital in Singapore Monday morning, according to 7th Fleet officials.
A fifth injured sailor did not require medical attention, the Navy said.
Search and rescue efforts involving U.S. and Singaporean assets near the scene of the collision are ongoing as of 3 p.m. local time, 3 a.m. on the east coast, according to a Navy statement.
“Significant damage to the hull resulted in flooding to nearby compartments, including crew berthing, machinery, and communications rooms,” the command said. ”Damage control efforts by the crew halted further flooding.”
The collision occurred in a highly trafficked area just east of the Malacca Straits, according to Malaysian officials…
