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Sunday, August 12, 2012

USS Porter, a guided missile destroyer, collides with a tanker

Navy: U.S. destroyer collides with oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz
From Barbara Starr
CNN Pentagon Correspondent
August 12, 2012

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
The USS Porter, a guided missile destroyer, collides with a tanker
The Japanese-owned tanker was operating under a Panamanian flag
No one is injured in the collision, the Navy says
The Porter "is able to operate under its own power," the Navy says

(CNN) -- The U.S. Navy said its guided missile destroyer collided with a Japanese-owned oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz early Sunday morning.
No one was injured in the collision that occurred about 1 a.m. local time when the USS Porter collided with the Panamanian-flagged bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan, the Navy said in a statement.
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