Destroyer crash offers lesson on sea rules
2017-06-19 09:16:53 source：Global Times
June 18, 2017
"Seven US navy sailors were killed after the USS Fitzgerald, a US Navy
destroyer, collided with a Philippine-flagged container ship on
Saturday. The incident occurred about 56 nautical miles off Yokosuka,
Japan, when the Fitzgerald was heading back to its home port following a
mission in the South China Sea.
The sailors who lost their
lives in a non-combat situation deserve sympathy. Such a severe
collision between a US destroyer and a commercial ship is inconceivable."
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