Editor's Note:
Ten sailors are missing and five others injured after the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain collided with a merchant vessel in waters east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore early on August 21, the US navy said in a statement. It is the fourth incident involving US Navy warships in the Pacific this year.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald, damaged in collision with a Philippine-flagged merchant vessel, is seen at the US naval base in Yokosuka, Japan on June 18, 2017. Photo: Toru Hanai/VCG
Seven US navy sailors were killed in the incident 56 nautical miles off Yokosuka on June 17. 
File photo of the US Navy guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain Photo: Xinhua/Sergei Bachlakov
The USS Lake Champlain was struck by a South Korean fishing boat on May 9 while conducting operations in international waters near the Korean Peninsula. 
File photo of the US Navy's guided missile cruiser USS Antietam Photo: VCG
The USS Antietam ran aground in Tokyo Bay on January 31, resulting in an oil spill.
