No information was immediately available about how the collision occurred or how badly the merchant vessel was damaged.

Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Carter Musgrave of Zanesville is serving aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain. The ship is currently underway conducting routine ...

But Cameron Yaste, the commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John McCain (DDG-56), was ...

and 10 sailors were killed when the USS John S McCain collided with a tanker off Singapore and Malaysia two months later.

Two months later, 10 sailors were killed when the USS John S. McCain collided with a tanker off Singapore.

USS John S. McCain (2017): Collided with the tanker Alnic MC in the Straits of Singapore, resulting in ten fatalities. USS Lake Champlain (2017): Collided with fishing vessel NAM YANG 502 in the Sea ...

Six officials with first-hand knowledge of the surface force then and now spoke to Defense News leading up to the anniversary of the McCain collision. The surface navy has worked since 2017 to ...