ABC is playing this up to discredit our NAVY.
The tugboat lost power during a towing exercise.
That might be the case. Another headline calls it a scrape...
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/11/18/japanese-tug-boat-scrapes-us-navy-ship-during-exercise.html
“The tugboat lost power during a towing exercise”.
That’s right. Some people here need to read the story before they start wetting their pants.
From the era of military service that I come from, this mishap would be viewed as a golden opportunity for some real-world training. Hopefully, whatever officer was in charge took advantage of this.