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Jonathan Sunderman / US Navy via Reuters
Guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) is seen after a collision with the bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan in the Strait of Hormuz, Aug. 12. No one was hurt and shipping traffic in the waterway, through which 40 percent of the world's seaborne oil exports pass, was not affected, officials said.
The collision nevertheless left a gaping hole in the starboard side of USS Porter, a guided-missile destroyer, but no one was injured on either vessel, the U.S. Navy said in a statement. The collision with the Panamanian-flagged bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan occurred at approximately 1 a.m. local time.
The cause of the incident is under investigation, the Navy said, adding that there were no reports of spills or leakages from either the USS Porter or the Otowasan.
Reported by NBC News wire services
Jonathan Sunderman / US Navy via Reuters
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no matter who is at fault, the Captain will get a desk job.
He probably will have that desk job in the next 72 hrs.
That's my ship! Thoughts and prayers to the crew and their Captain. I'm just glad that no one was hurt.
Capt. Hazelwood was at the helm I presume?
The stearing went out at that critical time ! that is a narrow passage and they should have given way to the tanker in the first place !
The U.S. Navy.. A Destroyer..
NOT! A Frigate..
Can NOT! Defend itself from a SLOW! MOVING!! OIL!!! TANKER!!!! in
the DARK!!!!!
But!! America is Safe! And we should be picking a fight with
Iran..
Maybe just Maybe! We should think about what we are really capable of as
opposed to what we think we are capable of.
what a mess. take it to the body shop lol
uh oh ! better get maaco!