Navy destroyer collides with container ship

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Seven sailors are missing and five others were injured after the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippine container ship off the coast of Japan in the early hours of Saturday morning local time, the Navy's 7th Fleet said.

One of the injured sailors medically evacuated by a Japanese coast guard helicopter was the ship's commanding officer.

"There are seven sailors unaccounted for; the ship and the Japanese Coast Guard continues to search for them," said a 7th Fleet statement.

The destroyer USS Dewey and several U.S. Navy aircraft will join Japanese Coast Guard and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters, ships and aircraft "To render whatever assistance may be required."

Four sailors and the one commanding officer were medically evacuated by a Japanese coast guard helicopter, according to Commander Richard Gourley of the U.S. Naval Forces Japan.

"U.S. and Japanese support from the Navy, Maritime Self Defense Force and Coast Guard are in the area to ensure that the Sailors on USS Fitzgerald have the resources they need to stabilize their ship," said Adm.

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