Former U.S. Navy officers face negligent homicide charges over ship collisions 

​The commanding officers of two U.S. Navy destroyers involved in deadly collisions last year in the Pacific Ocean face courts-martial and military criminal charges including negligent homicide, the U.S. Navy said in a statement on Tuesday. Filing charges against the officers marks the Navy’s latest effort to address the problems that led to collisions involving… Read More Former U.S. Navy officers face negligent homicide charges over ship collisions 

Ten sailors missing as U.S. warship USS McCain collides with Liberian merchant vessel near Singapore

Ten sailors are missing after a U.S. warship collided with an oil tanker east of Singapore before dawn on Monday, tearing a hole beneath the waterline and flooding compartments that include a crew sleeping area, the U.S. Navy said. The collision between the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain and the tanker Alnic MC was… Read More Ten sailors missing as U.S. warship USS McCain collides with Liberian merchant vessel near Singapore

Bodies of missing sailors found after U.S. Navy destroyer collision with Philippine container ship

The bodies of missing sailors were found in flooded compartments of the USS Fitzgerald, which came close to sinking after a collision with a container ship off Japan tore a gash under the warship’s waterline, the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet commander said on Sunday. Vice Adm. Joseph P. Aucoin declined to say how many of… Read More Bodies of missing sailors found after U.S. Navy destroyer collision with Philippine container ship