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U.s. military, self defense forces in japan as well as the search continues for the seven missing crew members. there are also a lot of questions asked as to how this kind of accident could have happened in the first place, given that the uss fitzgerald is one of the most advanced ships that the u.s. has in this area and how it could have happened with a container vessel thats huge in size, three times the size of the uss fitzgerald, even if it was in the middle of the night. having said that, t...

Welcome back to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, youre watching cnn "newsroom" live. i am natalie allen. >> and i am george howell with headlines we are following this hour. the uss fitzgerald at home port in japan after a collision with a large container ship, a nighttime collision. japanese and u.s. ships are searching for seven missing crew members from the american destroyer. three of the injured required medical evacuation, including the commanding officer. the navy says a...

Japan. these live images you see there, 6:00 p.m. there. what you see the war ship, uss fitzgerald arriving at its base after early morning collision with a philippine merchant vessel. seven sailors are missing. search and rescue efforts are still under way. >> you can see the ship has come back, at least three sailors were medically evacuated from sea but are stable. the merchant vessel seen here has been identified as the philippine acx crystal. reports say none of its crew members were injure...

Uss fitzgerald finally made its way back to its home port, which is the home for the uss second fleet. we dont know the whereabouts of seven crew men who have gone missing as a result of this collision, i think there will be a lot going on into what exactly happened in this collision. it happened at 2:30 in the middle of the night local time. especially because we understand most of the damage, serious damage to this ship has occurred beneath the water surface. although you see major damage on t...