Several sailors’ bodies found on stricken Navy destroyer
YOKOSUKA,
Searchers gained access to the spaces that were damaged during the collision and brought the remains to Naval Hospital Yokosuka where they will be identified, the
She didn't say how many were found.
Most of the nearly 300 sailors aboard would have been asleep in their berths at the time of the collision. Two berthing spaces, a machinery room and the radio room were damaged and began taking in water after the destroyer was rammed mid-right side of the ship.
Those who did not survive might have killed by the impact of the crash or drowned by the flooding, said
The
Sixteen hours following the predawn Saturday collision, the destroyer was pumping out water as it limped back to its home port in
At least three other crew members, including the captain, were injured.
"This has been a difficult day," Vice Adm.
The USS Fitzgerald's captain, Cmdr.
The Japanese coast guard said it received an emergency call from the container ship, the ACX Crystal, reporting the collision around
"Thoughts and prayers with the sailors of USS Fitzgerald and their families," President
The ACX Crystal weighs 29,060 tons and is 222 meters (730 feet) long, the coast guard said, much larger than the 8,315-ton
Nippon Yusen said all of the ACX Crystal's 20-member Filipino crew members were safe.
Conditions were clear at the time of the collision, though
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