In August 2017, the USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), a destroyer, collided with the Alnic MC, a Liberian-flagged tanker, off the coast of Singapore. The collision resulted in the deaths of 10 sailors.
Seventeen sailors lost their lives in two separate collisions between U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers and merchant ships in the Pacific in 2017. Six officials with first-hand knowledge of the ...