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US sub collides with Japan ship US sub collides with Japan ship
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A US nuclear-powered submarine has collided with a Japanese ship in the Arabian Sea, Japanese and US government officials have said. A US nuclear-powered submarine has collided with a Japanese tanker south of the Straits of Hormuz, Japanese and US government officials have said.
The collision took place south of the Straits of Hormuz, located between Iran and Oman, but no details were available about the submarine's exact location. The USS Newport News did not suffer substantial damage, and there were no injuries to crew, a US Navy spokeswoman told the AFP news agency.
A Pentagon spokesman confirmed that a collision had taken place, AFP reports. There were no oil spills from Japanese tanker, the Mogamigawa, and no injuries, a company official said.
A US Navy spokeswoman told the news agency that there were no reports of injuries following the collision. The tanker will dock in the United Arab Emirates to check the damage.
The Japanese ship was the tanker Mogamigawa operated by Kawasaki Kisen Ltd, the Kyodo news agency reported. according to Kyodo. The circumstances of the collision, which happened at 1915GMT on Monday, are still unclear.
The Mogamigawa is operated by Kawasaki Kisen Ltd, the Kyodo news agency reported.
Japanese oil company Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. told the agency the ship was en route from the Persian Gulf to Singapore with a crew of eight Japanese and 16 Filipinos.Japanese oil company Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. told the agency the ship was en route from the Persian Gulf to Singapore with a crew of eight Japanese and 16 Filipinos.
The Japanese tanker is now at a port in the United Arab Emirates, according to unnamed Japanese government sources quoted by the Jiji Press news agency.
A US Navy spokesman in Bahrain said that there had been a collision.A US Navy spokesman in Bahrain said that there had been a collision.
"I can confirm that an incident took place between one of our submarines and a merchant ship," said Commander Kevin Aandahl of the US Fifth Fleet."I can confirm that an incident took place between one of our submarines and a merchant ship," said Commander Kevin Aandahl of the US Fifth Fleet.
Kyodo reported that the submarine involved was a nuclear-powered Los Angeles class vessel. The 110-metre (360-foot) USS Newport News carries a crew of 127.
In February 2001, the US nuclear submarine Greenville sank a Japanese fisheries training vessel, the Ehime Maru, off Hawaii, killing nine sailors on the fishing boat.