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USS McCain Back At Sea After Finishing Repairs

Monday, October 28th, 2019

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USS McCain Back At Sea After Finishing Repairs

The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) departs Fleet Activities Yokosuka to conduct comprehensive at-sea testing for the first time since a deadly collision with a commercial craft in 2017. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) finished nearly two years of necessary repairs in Japan and went underway for comprehensive at-sea testing on Oct. 27. DDG-56 collided with a commercial vessel off the coast of Singapore in August 2017, causing the death of 10 sailors and requiring extensive repairs at theYokosuka Naval Ship Repair Facility- Japan Regional maintenance Center (Defense Daily, Oct. 4, 2017). The ship arrived in Yokosuka for repairs in December 2017 and has been…

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