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US warship collides with Japanese tug boat, latest mishap for the Navy's 7th Fleet
ABC ^ | 11/18/17 | JULIA JACOBO Luis Martinez EMILY SHAPIRO Morgan Winsor

Posted on 11/18/2017 10:54:56 AM PST by OwenKellogg

A U.S. warship collided with a Japanese commercial tug boat in Japan's Sagami Bay on Saturday, marking the fifth time this year that a ship in the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet in the Pacific has been involved in a crash. The Japanese tug boat lost propulsion and drifted into the USS Benfold during a towing exercise. The U.S. guided-missile destroyer sustained minimal damage, and there were no reported injuries on either vessel, according to a press release from the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet. The USS Benfold, which is awaiting a full damage assessment, remains at sea under its own power. The incident will be investigated, the 7th Fleet said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 7thfleet; abc; collision; fakenews; leftistpropaganda; navy; usnavy; ussbenfold
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To: OwenKellogg

I don’t understand the headline. The Japanese tug lost power and drifted into the ship.


61 posted on 11/19/2017 5:56:34 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

You are right. It’s a misleading headline.


62 posted on 11/19/2017 7:51:56 AM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: OwenKellogg

Tugs are generally well-fendered to make routine contact with other vessels.


63 posted on 11/19/2017 7:55:35 AM PST by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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To: moviefan8
Navy needs a complete makeover from top to bottom. Disappointing.

Partner, U ain't lying!

At first, we thought it was either the America Hating, P.O.of Work policies or just an isolated incident. Then we kept hearing that it was the American Hating work policies in the Military branches that were hurting our Military procedures and protocol.

Well, we are at the same conclusion now that our Military is so convoluted but at least we have a really good man in General "Mad Dog" Mattis who knows how to straighten out our Military. He will get to the bottom of this.

64 posted on 11/19/2017 7:00:27 PM PST by TheConservativeTejano
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To: nickedknack; laplata
Thanks Bush-Clinton-Bush-Obama

Yup, 28 years of some of the worst presidents evah in my humble opinion.

65 posted on 11/19/2017 7:04:09 PM PST by TheConservativeTejano
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To: laplata; DoughtyOne

Partner, our Media nowadays is all about Lies and More Lies and you just will never get the truth from our darling Fake News MSM these days.

Our darling MSM continues to be the right arm of the Rat party and it is a shame where we are at in our country and our MSM.

This started some 50 years plus and it is getting worst. It seems like Journalism is dead in our country.

66 posted on 11/19/2017 7:09:04 PM PST by TheConservativeTejano
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To: TheConservativeTejano

That’s for sure. Reagan was the last good one until now.


67 posted on 11/19/2017 7:38:42 PM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: TheConservativeTejano

That’s for sure.


68 posted on 11/19/2017 7:40:46 PM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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