US destroyer collision: Remains found amid search for 10 missing sailors
Singapore
THE bodies of some of the 10 missing sailors on board guided-missile destroyer USS John S McCain, which had collided with an oil tanker in Singapore waters, were found after two days of search-and-rescue efforts.
Admiral Scott Swift, Commander of the United States Pacific Fleet, told reporters on Tuesday that US divers discovered the bodies while performing recovery operations inside the guided-missile destroyer that collided with tanker Alnic MC on Monday morning.
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