US Navy confirms missing sailors after destroyer collision found dead

The US Navy confirmed on Monday that all seven missing sailors from the USS Fitzgerald had been found dead after the destroyer collided with a Philippine merchant vessel off the coast of Japan early Saturday morning.

The US Navy's Seventh Fleet released the names of the seven sailors on its official website. According to the Navy, the bodies of the missing sailors were found in flooded compartments of the USS Fitzgerald.

US Navy's Seventh Fleet releases the names of the seven sailors on the website.‍

The collision happened at 2:30 a.m. local time, when the USS Fitzgerald was operating about 56 nautical miles southwest of Yokosuka, Japan.

Heavy damage could be seen to the mid-right side of the Navy ship but there was no danger of the ship sinking, according to a US official.

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