FILE VIDEO (2014) The Arliegh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald departs Yokosuka, Japan on an independent patrol. (US Navy video/Released)

USS Fitzgerald collided with a merchant vessel near Yokosuka, Japan. US sailors called the Japanese Coast Guard for assistance.

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