U.S. Navy recovers second body in search
for sailors missing after collision
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[August 25, 2017]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S Navy and
Marine Corps divers have recovered and identified a second body in the
search for ten sailors missing after a collision between a
guided-missile destroyer and merchant vessel near Singapore earlier this
week, the U.S. Navy said on Friday.
The USS John S. McCain collided with the merchant tanker in waters near
Singapore and Malaysia on Monday, which led to an international
search-and-rescue operation for the missing sailors. The navy recovered
the first body from inside the hull of the warship earlier this week.
"More divers and equipment arrived overnight to continue search and
recovery operations for eight missing sailors inside flooded
compartments of the ship," the U.S. Seventh Fleet said in statement on
its website.
On Thursday, the U.S. Navy suspended the wider search and rescue
operation to focus recovery efforts on the damaged hull of the ship,
which is moored at Singapore's Changi Naval Base.
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The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain is seen
after a collision. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
The Navy has already released the names of all the sailors who were
missing.
(Reporting by Sam Holmes; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)
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