US warship collides with Japanese tug boat, latest mishap for the Navy's 7th Fleet

[Right_in_Virginia]

US warship collides with Japanese tug boat, latest mishap for the Navy's 7th Fleet
ABC News, Nov 18, 2017, JULIA JACOBO, Luis Martinez, EMILY SHAPIRO and Morgan Winsor

A U.S. warship collided with a Japanese commercial tug boat in Japan's Sagami Bay on Saturday, marking the fifth time this year that a ship in the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet in the Pacific has been involved in a crash.

The Japanese tug boat lost propulsion and drifted into the USS Benfold during a towing exercise. The U.S. guided-missile destroyer sustained minimal damage, and there were no reported injuries on either vessel, according to a press release from the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet.

The USS Benfold, which is awaiting a full damage assessment, remains at sea under its own power. The incident will be investigated, the 7th Fleet said.


Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/us-warship-collides-japanese-tug-boat-latest-mishap/story?id=51242298

[Right_in_Virginia]

Sounds like the Japanese tug boat collided with US warship.

[Right_in_Virginia]

US Navy ship suffers minor damage in scrape with Japanese tug boat 
Fox News, Nov 18, 2017

A Japanese tug lost propulsion and bumped into a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Pacific near Japan, according to statement from the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet, the latest in a series of mishaps in the region.

This time no sailors were injured on either side, according to the Navy. 

USS Benfold, a guided-missile destroyer, sustained “minimal damage” during a towing exercise with the tug.

“Benfold remains at sea under her own power,” the statement said.

The Japanese vessel was being towed back to port in Japan.


http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/11/18/japanese-tug-boat-scrapes-us-navy-ship-during-exercise.html

[Cyber Liberty]

Sounds like the Japanese tug boat collided with US warship.

Yeah, blaming the tugboat's loss of power on the US Navy seems a bit of a stretch.