Monday, August 13, 2012

US Navy Ship Collides With Oil Tanker In The Persian Gulf

The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter was damaged in a collision with the Japanese owned bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan in the Strait of Hormuz, on Aug. 12, 2012. Source: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class, Jonathan Sunderman via Bloomberg

Navy: U.S. Destroyer Collides With Oil Tanker In Strait Of Hormuz -- CNN

(CNN) -- The U.S. Navy said its guided missile destroyer collided with a Japanese-owned oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz early Sunday morning.

No one was injured in the collision that occurred about 1 a.m. local time when the USS Porter collided with the Panamanian-flagged bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan, the Navy said in a statement.

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More News On The Collision Between The USS Porter And An Oil Tanker

Mid-sea drama as tanker rips huge hole in side of U.S. Navy ship in late-night collision -- Daily Mail
US Navy ship collides with oil tanker in Gulf -- AJC/AP
Oil tanker collides with U.S. navy ship in Gulf, navy says -- Reuters
U.S. Navy Ship Collides With Tanker Near Strait of Hormuz -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Navy Ship Collides With Vessel -- Military.com
USS Porter Collides With Oil Tanker in Persian Gulf -- ABC News
USS Porter, Navy Ship, Crashes With Oil Tanker Otowasan Near Strait of Hormuz (PHOTOS) -- Huffington Post
U.S. guided missile destroyer collides with oil tanker near Strait of Hormuz -- Examiner

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