US destroyer collision

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AMERICAN navy vessel USS Dewey collided with a container ship off the coast of Japan, leaving seven sailors missing and at least three injured.

Family members were frantically seeking news, appealing via social media for calls from sailors aboard the ship as it slowly made its way to its home base at Yokosuka, south of Tokyo.

Rescuers were searching for seven sailors who were thought to have been thrown into the sea or possibly trapped inside damaged sections of the destroyer, said Japanese coastguard spokesman Yoshihito Nakamura.