Sunday, August 12, 2012

Collision at Sea

Early Sunday morning, the USS Porter collided with M/V Otowasan, a Japanese and Panamanian oil tanker.

The two ships were just outside of the Strait of Hormuz when the crash occurred.

No one was injured when the two ships struck each other, but a ten by ten foot section of the Porter was severely damaged on her starboard side.

Neither tank nor guided missile destroyer are leaking oil or any other substances.

The US Navy is investigating the cause of the collision, but no word as to how it occurred has been released.

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