U.S. destroyer slightly damaged in collision with tug off Japan: U.S. Navy
A U.S. guided-missile destroyer, USS Benfold,, sustained slightdamage when a Japanese tug drifted into it during a towing exercise off central Japan on Saturday, the U.S. Navy said.The U.S. Navy announced a series of reforms this month aimed at restoring basic naval skills and alertness at sea after a review of deadly ship collisions in the Asia-Pacific region showed sailors were under-trained and over-worked.Seventeen sailors have been killed this year in two collisions with commercial vessels
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