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US destroyer collision: Remains found amid search for 10 missing sailors

Published Tue, Aug 22, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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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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