US Navy's guided-missile destroyer hits oil tanker

One of the US Navy’s guided-missile destroyers suffered minor damage when it hit an oil tanker early today just outside the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

US Navy's guided-missile destroyer hits oil tanker

One of the US Navy’s guided-missile destroyers suffered minor damage when it hit an oil tanker early today just outside the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

The collision left a gaping hole in the starboard side of USS Porter but no one was injured on either vessel, the US Navy said in a statement.

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