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Navy/USMC

U.S. Navy Destroyer Benfold Collides With Tug Boat, Causing Minor Damage

Monday, November 20th, 2017

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U.S. Navy Destroyer Benfold Collides With Tug Boat, Causing Minor Damage

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG-65). (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Another U.S. guided-missiles destroyer collided with a commercial vessel in Japanese waters on Saturday, but this time U.S. damage was “minimal,” the Navy said.The Navy said in a statement that a Japanese commercial tug boat lost propulsion and drifted into the Arleigh Burke-class USS Benfold (DDG-65) while the U.S. vessel was participating in a scheduled towing exercise in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo Bay.DDG-65 is forward deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations, like previous ships involved in mishaps…

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