US and Japanese sources said seven US Navy personnel were missing in a devastating collision with a cargo ship off the coast of Japan and that three of the wounded, the commander of the destroyer, who was taken by helicopter to the hospital.
The destroyer, USS Fitzgerald, collided with the ICX Crystal Cargo Shipyard, 56 nautical miles (103 km) off the coast of Yukosuka, on the east coast of Japan.
Aerial photographs showed the damage caused to the US warship by the accident.
Cargo ship damaged after collision with US destroyer Image source JAPAN COAST GUARD HANDOUT
Three crew members were taken to hospital on board a helicopter, including the captain of the ship, belonging to the US 7th Fleet.
The US 7th Fleet is one of the largest US naval fleets operating in international waters, and is responsible for warships and aircraft operating in Japanese and South Korean waters.
A statement issued by the Seventh Fleet Command, the condition of the commander of the destroyer Bryce Banson, was stable after being taken to a hospital in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo.
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