18-06-2017 01:09 via ktoo.org

7 U.S. sailors missing after Navy destroyer’s collision with merchant vessel

The guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald returns to Yokosuka, Japan, after its collision Saturday. Authorities say the ship’s flooding “has been stabilized,” but seven sailors remain unaccounted for.
MC1 Peter Burghart/U.S. Navy
Updated at 9:47 a.m. ET Saturday
The USS Fitzgerald has reached port in Yokosuka, Japan, after the U.S. Navy destroyer collided with a large Philippine-flagged container ship. Seven sailors are unaccounted for and three more have been evacuated for t
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