Search for seven sailors after US destroyer damaged in container ship collision

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Crew members from the destroyer USS Dewey were helping to stabilise the damaged USS Fitzgerald after it collided with a container ship off the coast of Japan&comma; leaving seven sailors missing and at least three injured&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Family members were frantically seeking news&comma; appealing via social media for calls from sailors aboard the ship as it slowly made its way to its home base at Yokosuka&comma; south of Tokyo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rescuers were searching for seven sailors who were thought to have been thrown into the sea or possibly trapped inside damaged sections of the destroyer&comma; said Japanese coastguard spokesman Yoshihito Nakamura&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>No one on the container ship was reported injured&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Footage from the Japanese TV network NHK showed navy crew members working to pump water from flooded sections of the crushed mid-right side of the USS Fitzgerald&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The ship&&num;8217&semi;s captain&comma; Commander Bryce Benson&comma; was airlifted to the US Naval Hospital in Yokosuka and was in a stable condition with a head injury&comma; the US navy&&num;8217&semi;s 7th Fleet said in a statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Two other crew suffered cuts and bruises and were evacuated&comma; it said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Fitzgerald had limited propulsion and a US defence official said there was flooding in three compartments&period; Most of the more than 200 sailors aboard would have been asleep in their berths&comma; some of which were reportedly flooded&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The navy said that the collision occurred 56 nautical miles south-west of Yokosuka&comma; which is home to the 7th Fleet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>&&num;8220&semi;Right now we are focused on two things&colon; the safety of the ship and the well-being of the sailors&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i> said Admiral Scott Swift&comma; commander of the US Pacific Fleet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An investigation was under way to determine what caused the night-time collision between the destroyer and the container ship four times its size&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Conditions at the time were clear&comma; though Yutaka Saito of the coastguard said the area is particularly busy with sea traffic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;113737" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-113737" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;USSFitzgeraldStretcher&lowbar;large&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;USSFitzgeraldStretcher&lowbar;large&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"325" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-113737" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-113737" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">An injured USS Fitzgerald personnel is carried by U&period;S&period; military personnel&comma; left&comma; and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force members&period;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The Japan coastguard said it received an emergency call from a Philippine-registered container ship ACX Crystal around 2&period;20am that it had collided with the Fitzgerald&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Relatives of crew members were awaiting news of their loved ones&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>&&num;8220&semi;Just heard the sweetest voice and saw a wonderful face&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s okay&period; Thank you all for the prayers&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i> tweeted Rita Schrimsher of Athens&comma; Alabama&comma; after speaking with her 23-year-old grandson Jackson Schrimsher via FaceTime&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>&&num;8220&semi;It could have been worse&comma; so we&&num;8217&semi;re grateful&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i> she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Philippine ship is 29&comma;060 tons and is 222 metres long&comma; the coastguard said&comma; much larger than the 8&comma;315-ton naval destroyer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Aerial television news footage showed its bow on the left side was dented and scraped&comma; but it did not appear to have suffered any major structural damage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed97cb3904a">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; 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